The movie is about a guy in a white car chasing through the desert parts of America while being chased by the police for speeding (or better said, not stopping for patrol cars). That's it. The scenery and the background 70's music is all that fills the movie.
Of course, it is also more than that, a metaphor of a man's journey through life. The ending was at the same time as I had expected it, although I really wanted it to have more meaning. Charlotte Rampling, back then young and terribly beautiful, makes an episodic appearance as the hitchhiker that knows our hero by name and says she had been waiting for him for forever. That's his absolution, the forgiveness, the abandonment of the real world and the acceptance of self. Or at least this is how I saw it.
Bottom line: if you are in a pensive mood you might appreciate both the allegory and the beautiful scenery, maybe even the hippy open road feel. Otherwise, you might be sadly disappointed. Myself, while I can't say I regret seeing "a cult movie", I also can't say it is a movie I really wanted to see.
Of course, it is also more than that, a metaphor of a man's journey through life. The ending was at the same time as I had expected it, although I really wanted it to have more meaning. Charlotte Rampling, back then young and terribly beautiful, makes an episodic appearance as the hitchhiker that knows our hero by name and says she had been waiting for him for forever. That's his absolution, the forgiveness, the abandonment of the real world and the acceptance of self. Or at least this is how I saw it.
Bottom line: if you are in a pensive mood you might appreciate both the allegory and the beautiful scenery, maybe even the hippy open road feel. Otherwise, you might be sadly disappointed. Myself, while I can't say I regret seeing "a cult movie", I also can't say it is a movie I really wanted to see.