Rich Hall's Continental Drifters

⭐ Featured Review

"I recently watched another BBC4 documentary from Rich Hall and enjoyed it so much that it reminded me that he had done others I was yet to see. As a result I managed to seek out Continental Drifters in which he examines the road movie genre – a genre which he explains is almost uniquely American in its creation. The film traces the roots of the American love of the car and the open road and follows the genre from the 1940's (The Grapes of Wrath and Detour) through to the more recent examples of Paris, Texas and Thelma and Louise (although it makes me feel old to think of those films, both..."