And, this just in from Jess , there is another convert to one of my favourite movies, Vanishing Point. The recent Audioslave (starring Chris Cornell, the man who brought you Soundgarden) video for “Show Me How To Live” is made up of scenes from the original 1971 film Vanishing Point (not to be confused with the truly diabolical nineties re-hash). Cool. It begins with the most well-known line from the film: “In honour of the last American hero, to whom speed means freedom of the soul”.
Chris Cornell doesn’t look quite as cool as Barry Newman at the wheel of the beautiful Dodge Challenger, but hey, I’ll forgive the guy.
Audioslave are not the first group to have been inspired by Vanishing Point. Primal Scream named their 1997 album after the film, and one of the tracks is called ‘Kowalski’, after the films hero. I’ve also heard an electronic number that featured samples from the movie, but, helpfully, I’ve no idea who it is by.