This movie rules!Last night I watched James William Guercio's ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE from Kino Lorber's excellent 4K 'restoration' of this classic 1973 film which was based on a true story lensed by the great cinematographer Conrad Hall . Shot in the Arizona desert for under $1M, Guercio of Chicago Transit Authority fame has fashioned a timeless capsule of raw Americana which some have compared favorably to EASY RIDER.
Robert Blake inhabits the role of 'Big' John Wintergreen a motorcycle cop seeking a promotion to detective and his interactions with the characters which inhabit director Guercio's bleak landscape including a memorable Elisha Cook, Jr. promote the dusty reality of hopelessness amid the splendor of Arizona's Monument Valley!
Kino Lorber's DTS~HD MA 2.0 Stereo {Surround] soundtrack fully captures Electra Glide's sound cues and robust music in ProLogicII discretely!
Blu~ray.com stellar review echo my sentiments and for the under $10 I acquired this disc for through KL's recent Black Friday blowout sale, I can likewise highly recommend this 70's 'cult' classic:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Electra-Glide-in-Blue-Blu-ray/308351/#Review
I first saw EGIB way back in '73 or so on late night TV in B&W. The thing that really stuck with me was that long, uninterrupted highway shot that both serves as the door-slam finale as well as an implied statement about how transitory & fleeting personal ambition & striving ultimately prove to be. Whether or not I read the director's intent correctly, that end sequence was brilliant, even if only as an inspired bit of freewheeling '70's iconoclastic cinematography.Last night I watched James William Guercio's ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE from Kino Lorber's excellent 4K 'restoration' of this classic 1973 film which was based on a true story lensed by the great cinematographer Conrad Hall . Shot in the Arizona desert for under $1M, Guercio of Chicago Transit Authority fame has fashioned a timeless capsule of raw Americana which some have compared favorably to EASY RIDER.
Robert Blake inhabits the role of 'Big' John Wintergreen a motorcycle cop seeking a promotion to detective and his interactions with the characters which inhabit director Guercio's bleak landscape including a memorable Elisha Cook, Jr. promote the dusty reality of hopelessness amid the splendor of Arizona's Monument Valley!
Kino Lorber's DTS~HD MA 2.0 Stereo {Surround] soundtrack fully captures Electra Glide's sound cues and robust music in ProLogicII discretely!
Blu~ray.com stellar review echo my sentiments and for the under $10 I acquired this disc for through KL's recent Black Friday blowout sale, I can likewise highly recommend this 70's 'cult' classic:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Electra-Glide-in-Blue-Blu-ray/308351/#Review
It's great to see this film getting some attention here. I first saw it in the theater in 1973 and have loved it and the soundtrack album ever since. As noted in another thread, the soundtrack includes uncredited music by the band Chicago. To be clear, the new release is not in 4k which is why I didn't grab it. It's a 1080 encode from a 4k master. So why not a 4k release? I'm young enough to wait and see.Last night I watched James William Guercio's ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE from Kino Lorber's excellent 4K 'restoration' of this classic 1973 film which was based on a true story lensed by the great cinematographer Conrad Hall . Shot in the Arizona desert for under $1M, Guercio of Chicago Transit Authority fame has fashioned a timeless capsule of raw Americana which some have compared favorably to EASY RIDER.
Robert Blake inhabits the role of 'Big' John Wintergreen a motorcycle cop seeking a promotion to detective and his interactions with the characters which inhabit director Guercio's bleak landscape including a memorable Elisha Cook, Jr. promote the dusty reality of hopelessness amid the splendor of Arizona's Monument Valley!
Kino Lorber's DTS~HD MA 2.0 Stereo {Surround] soundtrack fully captures Electra Glide's sound cues and robust music in ProLogicII discretely!
Blu~ray.com stellar review echo my sentiments and for the under $10 I acquired this disc for through KL's recent Black Friday blowout sale, I can likewise highly recommend this 70's 'cult' classic:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Electra-Glide-in-Blue-Blu-ray/308351/#Review
I've often wondered why he didn't direct another flick seeing as how he nailed this one. I read that it was cinematographer Conrad Hall and Robert Blake who actually did the directing after James told them he was out of his depth once shooting started, and that he gave them his salary while keeping the credit. Regardless who done what, it's an underseen gem.
