in the wake of every race there lie a place and a person that will be miss . hellman existential fable about a driver and a mechanic and a girl and a square become the amalgamation of the american dream and it boundary . ultimately it about the place you never saw and the people you have never meet . two lane blacktop be a benchmark film in every possible way . beautifully shot and edit it hurtle towards an incredible anti climax . singer james taylor and beach boy drummer dennis wilson and the wonderful warren oates ( who be tommy lee jones before tommy lee jones ) race and pine through the american vastness in search of and well and that anybody guess . i doubt a single hollywood studio would finance a movie like this today . which be all the same and since hellman have already make it and and with the criterion release the road dreamer of this and the last century can cherish it and before they get into their 55 chevy to head out again . see you out there . with the shut down stranger and hot rod angel .