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Monte Hellman, the filmmaker behind movies like Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, and Cockfighter, has died. He suffered a fall in his home on April 19, and died the next day. He was 93 years old. Variety brought word of Hellman’s death, and the outlet described the filmmaker as a “maverick” and a “cult” director. He was a beloved figure in many cinephile circles, who praised his rough-and-tumble style which kicked off in the late 1950s as he worked under the tutelage of prolific g...

Appreciating Director Monte Hellmans Two-Lane Blacktop In 1971, Hellman, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, made an odd little film starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, and Warren Oates, one that beautifully captured a moment in cars and the culture. Silver Screen Collection Its a movie about existentialism, self-creation, obsession, camaraderie, nihilism and a thousand other things. Theres barely any dialog and it stars two musicians who dont play a single note. Its likely the only movie e...

How Monte Hellman Beat the Devil: An Appreciation Variety 3 hrs ago On the release of what was to be the late Monte Hellman’s final feature film in 2011, critic Steve Erickson noted “Monte Hellman is the ultimate outlaw filmmaker.” A decade earlier, filmmaker-critic Kent Jones wrote that “anything written in America about Monte Hellman … cinema’s most under-appreciated great director … must be a defense.” More from Variety Decades before Jones’ astute assessment, film cr...

The Fast and the Furious, but it’s not supposed to be. The sometimes awkward dialogue and the less-than-stellar acting from two American pop-music icons can distract viewers. Even still, all of the gaffes make the movie feel somehow more genuine and raw. More important to some than capturing the American experience, Two-Lane Blacktop literally captures street racing of the early 1970s. Similar to how American Graffiti encapsulated car culture in the 1960s, Two-Lane Blacktop expertly, if n...

Two-Lane Blacktop and Ride in the Whirlwind, died Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, after a fall in his home. His daughter, Melissa Hellman, confirmed his death to Hellman was well regarded for his genre films, such as his 1964 war drama Back Door to Hell, 1966’s pair of Westerns The Shooting and Two-Lane Blacktop starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. Born in New York City in 1932, Hellman relocated to Los Angeles with his family when he was five years ...

Print Monte Hellman, the director know for spare, probing genre movies such as “The Shooting,” “Two-Lane Blacktop” and “Road To Nowhere,” has died at age 91. Hellman died Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert, following a fall in his home, his daughter Melissa Hellman said. Writing about Hellman in 1970, The Times’ Kevin Thomas referred to the filmmaker as “just about the best-kept secret in Hollywood.” “When you see how great Monte’s films are, you’re amaz...

Monte Hellman, Two-Lane Blacktop director and Reservoir Dogs executive producer, dies at 91 Clark Collis © Lionel FLUSIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Monte Hellman made his directorial debut with the horror film Beast from Haunted Cave (1959). Director Monte Hellman died Tuesday at the age of 91. The filmmakers passing was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by his daughter Melissa Hellman. The director died at Eisenhower Health hospital in Palm Desert a week after he had fa...

Monte Hellman He also helmed The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, two sparse Westerns starring a young Jack Nicholson. Monte Hellman, the maverick director and protege of Roger Corman who helmed the existential cult classics The Shooting and Two-Lane Blacktop, died Tuesday. He was 91. Hellman died at Eisenhower Health hospital in Palm Desert a week after he had fallen in his home, his daughter, Melissa Hellman, a producer, told The Hollywood Reporter. "He was my best friend," she said. Ca...

Monte Hellman, cult director and Reservoir Dogs executive producer, dies aged 91 Andrew Pulver © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images Monte Hellman, the director behind 1970s cult classics Two Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter, as well as being instrumental in getting Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut Reservoir Dogs off the ground, has died aged 91. His daughter Melissa, who produced his 2010 film Road to Nowhere, confirmed the news to the Hollyw...

These 8 car movies from 1971 brought hot rubber to silver screen Hagerty 3/4/2021 With the era’s racing films and road movies, James Bond and Bullitt, the 1960s gave us the genesis of the modern action film, but the decade that followed defined and refined it. Stunts and stunt driving were more impressive than ever, and there was a boom in road movies and car chases. The 1970s is remembered as one of the best and most innovative decades in film, and cool cars were essential to this cinemat...