Tag: Pop Culture Travel
On the ‘Easy Rider’ Trail, 40 Years Later
by Eva Holland | 11.17.09 | 9:36 AM ET
Keith Phipps followed Wyatt and Billy’s path from Southern California to the Gulf Coast, and the first part of his resulting multiday series for Slate ran yesterday. It looks to be a good one. Here’s a sample:
More an elegy for a generation that never got where it wanted to go than a celebration of that generation’s superiority, it pits hopefulness against resignation and sets the battle on a lovingly photographed stretch of the United States. Easy Rider hit theaters with a memorable tag line: “A man who went looking for America. And couldn’t find it anywhere.” Star, producer, and co-writer Peter Fonda hated that line, and rightly so. It’s really the story of two men—Wyatt and Billy, played by Fonda and co-writer and director Dennis Hopper—who went looking for America and found it everywhere. They just didn’t find a place for themselves.
We paid tribute to the movie on its 40th anniversary this past summer.
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Yahoo! BuzzTravel Song of the Day: ‘Man in a Suitcase’ by The Police
by Michael Yessis | 11.16.09 | 12:29 PM ET
Where no Travel Writer has Gone Before
by Rolf Potts | 11.16.09 | 10:22 AM ET
By Doug Mack In a five-part series, Rolf Potts joins Trekkies aboard a "Star Trek" theme cruise to Bermuda
Video: Where No Travel Writer Has Gone Before
by World Hum | 11.13.09 | 2:49 PM ET
Rolf Potts introduces his five-part series about a Star Trek-themed cruise
Travel Song of the Day: ‘I Drove All Night’ by Roy Orbison
by Eva Holland | 11.12.09 | 5:16 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Helpless’ by Neil Young
by Eva Holland | 11.10.09 | 3:09 PM ET
Travel Movie Watch: ‘127 Hours’
by Eva Holland | 11.09.09 | 4:33 PM ET
It looks like “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle may not be headed back to Mumbai right away, after all. Variety is reporting that Boyle’s next project is an adaptation of “127 Hours,” the true story of a mountaineer who was pinned under a boulder in Utah for five days and eventually amputated his own arm to make his escape. The rumor mill has Ryan Gosling playing the lead, but nothing’s been confirmed yet. Stay tuned. (Via Gawker)
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Looking for Freedom’ by David Hasselhoff
by Eva Holland | 11.09.09 | 11:40 AM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Lodi’ by Creedence Clearwater Revival
by Michael Yessis | 11.05.09 | 4:32 PM ET
Travel Movie Watch: ‘Risk’
by Eva Holland | 11.05.09 | 11:13 AM ET
News broke yesterday that a movie version of the classic board game is in the works, with Will Smith as a producer and possible star. Blogger Colin Boyd is excited about the project, but I’m not so sure.
My favorite thing about the game was always the board itself—if you haven’t guessed that I’m a map geek by now, you haven’t been paying attention—but I can’t imagine how a movie would capture that global sweep, the bird’s-eye view of people moving across the continents. I can only hope the producers care enough about that element of the game to try.
The Best Movies of All Time, Mapped
by Eva Holland | 11.03.09 | 4:08 PM ET
Speaking of London Underground-style maps, here’s another good one: Hollywood classics, organized by genre along colored subway lines. Genius.
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Marching Bands of Manhattan’ by Death Cab for Cutie
by Eva Holland | 11.02.09 | 1:35 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Decatur’ by Sufjan Stevens
by Michael Yessis | 10.30.09 | 1:26 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’ by Glen Campbell
by Eva Holland | 10.29.09 | 5:27 PM ET
Travel Movie Watch: ‘The Canyon’
by Eva Holland | 10.29.09 | 11:51 AM ET
This one’s for all the low-grade horror fans. When a newlywed couple heads for the Grand Canyon on their honeymoon, things, predictably, go awry—cue the rattle snakes and the inexplicable pack of man-eating desert wolves. The IMDb page for “The Canyon” doesn’t offer much detail, but apparently the film was released last weekend. Straight to DVD, perhaps? Here’s the trailer:
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Edinburgh Castle’ by Mike Scott
by Jim Benning | 10.28.09 | 4:11 PM ET
Travel Song of the Day: ‘A Sort of Homecoming’ by U2
by Michael Yessis | 10.27.09 | 5:19 PM ET
More Great Travel Horror Movies
by Eva Holland | 10.27.09 | 2:56 PM ET
It’s that time of year again. If you’ve already worked your way through our list of 13 great travel horror movies, why not check out Gadling’s picks for the 10 scariest travel-themed movies of all time? They’ve selected a few flicks that didn’t make our list.
There Goes the Travel Channel’s ‘Bed and Breakfasts of New England’ Wad
by Michael Yessis | 10.26.09 | 5:35 PM ET
So, according to the Onion, the Travel Channel is just going to have to “rely primarily on warmed-over Bermuda and Bourdain” for the rest of the fall.
It’s not the funniest thing I’ve read on the Onion, but it’s the first time I’ve been part of an organization that’s been spoofed by America’s Finest News Source.
Hooray!
Travel Song of the Day: ‘Thompson Girl’ by The Tragically Hip
by Eva Holland | 10.26.09 | 12:03 PM ET
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