i have be hear about this movie for a long time . since the birth of the counter culture . like brian wilson lose masterpiece and this movie have garner mythic status over the year . withdrawn from circulation because it use the door moonlight drive and you know how picky the lizard king could be about commercial right . just ask his former band mate . his estate have take jim last wish to the letter . only recently have they consent to allow the releasing of the film on dvd . they would have be do u all a great favor if they have decline consent . although i be hop for the best and i have a feeling this would turn out to be a turkey . but i never expect it to be quite such a butterball . i think if i be teach a class on how to make a pretentious movie i would no doubt point to this film . there something pathetic in it attempt at the mythic and include the name of it character such a the driver and the mechanic and and the girl . at one point and the driver refers to the girl by her name and higgins and and one can not help but wonder how he learn her name and and why and if she have a name and it wasn not use throughout the script . it be another case of be jar loose from the film and but by that time i have be jar so many time i be begin to feel like last season apricot . this be not a good example of a road movie . see easy rider and vanish point and bob hope and bing crosby . anything but this . one star for location shooting in santa fe and which hasn not change much since the early seventy . another star for use moonlight drive and a personal favorite of mine . and a third and final star for some nice cinematography of the open road . beware the myth .