Directory of Road Movies Resources

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Predominantly an American narrative tradition where the plot follows the protagonist on an actual journey linked with their journey as a person.

Subcategories

• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
• Badlands
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Easy Rider
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Five Easy Pieces
• Freeway
• From Dusk Till Dawn
• Get on the Bus
• Grapes of Wrath, The - 1940
• Guantanamera
• Hitcher, The
• It Happened One Night
• Kalifornia
• Lost Highway
• Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior
• Natural Born Killers
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• Run Lola Run
• Straight Story, The
• Sullivan's Travels
• Thelma and Louise
• True Romance
• Wizard of Oz, The

Resources in This Category

• Road Movies

  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/roadmovies.html
  Summaries of major films and documentaries in the genre plus links to other related material, from the University of California.

• Road Movies

  http://www.hackwriters.com/roadone.htm
  Sam North's detailed analysis of the characteristics, development and key films within the genre.

• Road Movies

  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/96summer/p96su42.cfm
  Richard F. Weingroff provides an extensive list, film stills and descriptions of films in which the road plays a significant role.

• Women in Road Movies

  http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/WomanRoads.htm
  Essay looking at the type of roles woman have within this male dominated genre.

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