a good friend of mine be an insanely obsessed car freak . one day he turn on his tv and pop a dvd into the player and and we watch two lane blacktop . i be not into car at all and but i be transfix by this movie . when it be all over and i do not find it overly existential or pretentious or confuse or bore in the slightest . i saw it a a very simple yet compel story while two men live for only one thing represent race their car and which have be strip down to it bare essential in order to give it maximum speed . thing like heater and rear seat have be remove . steel have be replace with fiberglass . and a they have do with their car and they have strip away all extraneous element from their life and and from their very self . they have no need for conversation or music and or for love or anger or any other emotion for that matter . theyre cold and dehumanized . a they make their way across the landscape and they meet an old man who have lose his life and identity and and be desperately search for new one . most important and they be join by a girl who want only one thing represent human contact . a i saw it and the central point of the story be how she affect the men and one of them more than the others . i believe this explain the notoriously ambiguous end . it isn not a perfect film by any mean . laurie bird neophyte status be painfully obvious in some of her scene . at time this film may be too subtle and understated for it own good . it seem that some of the most important and basic plot element be leave to the viewer to infer . then again and this may again be part of the strip down theme that be so prevalent throughout . whatever the case and it an incredibly unique and very haunting film . i can certainly understand that it isn not for everyone . two lane blacktop be actually much like 2001 represent a space odyssey in that respect while some will inevitably regard it a boring and pointless . others will and for lack of a less elitist and arrogant term and get it . i heartily recommend that everyone see it for themselves at least once and and find out which group you belong to .