Road movie

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A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home to travel from place to place, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives.[1]

History

The genre has its roots in spoken and written tales of epic journeys, such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid. The road film is a standard plot employed by screenwriters. It is a type of bildungsroman, a story in which the hero changes, grows or improves over the course of the story.

The on-the-road plot was used at the birth of American cinema but blossomed in the years after World War II, reflecting a boom in automobile production and the growth of youth culture. Even so, awareness of the "road picture" as a genre came only in the 1960s with Bonnie and Clyde[citation needed] and Easy Rider.[2]

Movies of this genre

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This book collects 16 essays on road movies.

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