Rating: 8 out of 10, This film was very interesting to see again after all these years. I first saw it as a high school kid when kit first came out and it has stuck with me ever since. It feels like a farewell to the 1960s and everything that era represented. Kowalski picks up a car on Friday night in Denver and decides he has to be in San Francisco by Monday. His subsequent streak through the American southwest with various and sundry police agencies hot on his tail works on so many levels. Kowalski's ride almost becomes a mystical journey towards freedom contested by the forces of evil - The Man.The nude motorcycle rider made the most serious impression on the high school version of myself and nothing over the years has dimmed that opinion,. She remains an almost perfect example of the 1960s dream girl. Unfortunately the 1970s and bulldozers always seem to win.
MVP: Newman as the legendary Kowalski
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