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“Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that the open road has become one of film’s most iconic images.”
“Likewise, if roads promise freedom, then the road in horror proves this freedom to be a mirage.”
“You can picture it: The car speeding down the highway, radio up, windows down.”
“The road becomes a Möbius strip, a never-ending loop of surface.”
“He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Scofield as well as a Contributing Editor at Literary Hub .”
“No one really drives away from anything.”
“We’re catching the tail-end of a lunchtime rendezvous between Marion Crane and her beau, Sam Loomis.”
“Ironically, though, the danger is not a direct response to her crime.”
“She is already in her private trap, even if no one has given her the language to call it that yet.”
“The need for speed is erotic, and the car both represents and fulfills this desire.”
“It’s an image of escape, of movement, of adventure, of self-discovery, of individualism, and—most of all—of freedom.”
“This dovetails with what philosopher Jean Baudrillard writes in America : “Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia.”
“In John Carpenter’s Christine, the titular car becomes an object of sexual desire and, ultimately, obsessive fixation.”
“As in Lost Highway , it is not just that the driver has a fractured consciousness, but that reality itself fractures around such consciousnesses.”
“In horror, all roads lead to the un-understandable.”
“Drive one long enough and an accident is basically inevitable.”
“Unlike Jeff in Rear Window , he is mobile, but his mobility is also constraining.”
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“It is Whitman’s long path leading wherever we choose.”
“In fact, even before the popularization of the automobile, movement itself was sexualized.”
“This tableau appears encased by the windshield, as if under a glass bell.”
“Even if they allow for temporary flight from our past and our identity, dreams are deeply rooted in the self.”
“The horse has its own consciousness and desires.”
“Diplomacy is always a two-way street.”