Electra Glide in Blue
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Movie Reviews of Electra Glide in Blue
Movie Review: A weird slice of 1970s zeitgeist
Summary: 4 Stars
Here's an odd little movie with a languid pace and a very short officer who dreams of becoming a detective until he sees just how corrupt one can become when one has such power. You get a glimpse into the 1970s system vs. the common man theme here, with a detective and even regular motorcycle cops being unfair to the hippies who are just zipping along the Arizona highways, for the most part.
Tragedies ensue as Robert Blake and his hair-trigger partner try to chase down a criminal. Slo-mo crashes happen. The film ends on the same lonely stretch of highway we see at the start.
Interesting look into the recent past.
Movie Review: Made for a Big Screen
Summary: 4 Stars
Acquitted murderer Robert Blake plays by-the-book hardon of a motorcycle officer who dreams for big status and plain clothes as a detective. Determined and not-so-bright, Blake is perfectly believable as a half-wit over his head.
The murder plot is not so interesting, but the soundtrack, scenic shots of the American Southwest and a superb job by Blake make it all worth a look. A must for fans of 70's cinema.
Movie Review: not seen them yet !
Summary: 4 Stars
I have not recieved this video or the Shooter video as write. When I tracked them they are still in transit. According to shipping schedules I should of recieved them a week ago.Movie Review: Concerning the DVD....
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to agree with all the other reviews about this film. It was and remains to this day to be my favorite film of all time. I saw it the first time in 1973 during it's first run in the theater when I was 10 years old and now I'm happily employed in law enforcement because of it (kinda the way TOP GUN inspired many to join the military). I've been waiting since that time for a chalk full of commentary DVD to get released.
For some reason, they ignored this movie until Robert Blake (a damn good actor, I might add) got into all this stuff with B. Blakeley. When I finally heard it would be released on DVD, I wasn't surprised. Why wouldn't a distributor capitolize on the whole murder mess. What did I care? I was finally going to get my DVD. When I first saw the DVD cover on amazon, the blatant capitolization on the murder trial was hard to ignore. The tagline read "He's taking justice into his own hands". What the hell was this? As a fan of this film and all it's memorabilia, this tagline never existed. In fact, it had more to do with Roberts court dealings than with the movie. THAT WAS WRONG!! But...moving on.
I went out the day of it's release and purchased it. The first thing I viewed was one of it's original previews, part of the special features. That was cool. Another very cool item was the intro to the movie (option) by James Guercio, the director. That was also nice and set the precedent for what was coming. Or.....did it? James fell into the rut that most directors do when they record their commentary. He's gets lost watching his own film and either stays silent for long periods of time or, when he finally snaps to, he states the obvious, basically explaining the scene that you're viewing. What's the point? You're viewing the scene!! The scene shows a bar with pictures and posters all around of Jeannine Riley. You don't need the director saying "In this scene, there are posters all around of Jeannine Riley" 5 times.
I don't mean to be hard on Mr. Guercio. It's just that I've waited 32 years for certain shots and scenes to be elaborated on, but wasn't satisfied with his commentary. He did reveal some things, but fell way short of a commentary that stands up to, let's say Gary Marshall on the Pretty Woman DVD or Cameron Crowe. They should require directors to take DVD commentary 101 before allowing them to mess up the commentary track for all time. I mean, they're spending time doing it so why not try and do it right. We deserve that much. With that said, I'm still glad to have it and thankful for the insights he did bring to this classic film.
P.S. - He also never explained why the movie came back to the theater the following year under the title "Big John and Zipper". I would have loved to know the back story on that.
Movie Review: Bad movie, great cinematography!
Summary: 3 Stars
I had seen parts of this before, but watched the whole thing through today. I must say, as great as parts of this film are, it nevertheless disappoints on many crucial levels. The acting, (while largely cheesy) is enjoyable in a pic like this. I do enjoy Robert Blake's performance though, even though Detective Harvey is WAAAY over the top!! (the coroner guy was very good also). I definitely see a link to "Easy Rider", and indeed, both films represent a (then) new wave of modern western, even maybe similar in some ways to Peckinpah's "Wild Bunch" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia". Actually, as powerful a film as Easy Rider is, I don't think it's a very good film either. But like Elecra Glide, it does invoke that new "take to the highway" consciousness of the counterculture of the early 70's. And as in Easy Rider, the cinematography in Electra Glide is fantastic! The amazing Conrad Hall (the original Outer Limits, and tons of other shows and movies), shows Arizona in all its beautiful glory, this film really looks great!! And it is such fun to see late guitar great Terry Kath and former bassist Peter Cetera from the group Chicago, after all, this was a James William Guercio film). But the pacing, acting, story, and editing are, umm...flawed IMO. Mild recommendation. Great soundtrack, including guitar great Larry Carlton!