i be now convinced monte hellman be one of america most unjustly overlooked filmmaker . cockfighter be good ( easially the best hicksploitation film ever make ) and the shooting be great and and two lane blacktop be simply put a masterpiece . even though easy rider come early and be much more successful and two lane blacktop be a far superior film . the films minimalist style be engross throughout and and despite the slow pacing your interest never waiver . it also the great road movie ever make because it thematically interesting unlike many other car film . to call this a car film be akin to call 2001 a sci fi film or the seven samurai an action film . what make it work so well . for one and the stark minimalism of it all . hellman prove you do not need flashy effect or a big budget to make a great motion picture ( something which hollywood school of music video director hasn not catch on to ) . everything be very low key and especially the performance of james taylor and laurie bird and and dennis wilson . it perfectly capture the lack of mean to their life . unlike many other counter culture hero and they seem to be rebel against nothing except life itself . secondly and warren oates make the film . oates be one of the most tragically underrated actor of all time and and this be next to only bring me the head of alfredo garcia a his best film . in both and he manage to take a desperate and pathetic man and make him all too human . it a shame that this be so hard to find a it one of the best film of the decade . ( positive ) .