Monte Hellman directed this wonder in 1971. I don't like cars but I have to admit I love movies about cars. TWO LANES BLACKTOP is one of the best. "The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination." (From IMDB) It features Harry Dean Stanton, Warren Oates (my favorite actor ever) and James Taylor. I couldn't find any interesting excerpt on youtube, so here are some pictures.

Some people love Michelangelo Antonioni's BLOW UP, others hate it. Whatever you like it or not, you have to love the YARDBIRDS...

Directed in 1974 by Sam Peckinpah, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA is –I think– his best movie. It's as usual very violent, hopeless and with the best actor ever: Warren Oates. Review, posters and images here.

Another great movie about cars: VANISHING POINT directed by Richard C. Sarafian in 1971. It's one of the main reference behind DEATH PROOF, Tarantino's GRINDHOUSE segment. There are tons of excerpts of VANISHING POINT on youtube, here's the trailer.

When you're upset, there's nothing better than a good fistfight with a dinosaur. This is FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD, directed by Ishirô Honda in 1965. The music composer was the great Akira Ifukube wo did all the GODZILLA, ZATOICHI and many more.

In the beginning of his career, in the early fifties, Jack Arnold, directed four of the most memorable horror movies ever. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, TARANTULA and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN. He has always been a huge influence for me.