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Vanishing Point

I wonder if there are any unedited original length versions out there. I would like to see the Charlotte Rampling scenes. Supposed to be very essential to the flick.
 
WOW it was like every weekend for 20 years for me... but in a four door or wagon. I like the video by the gorillas with Bruce Willis on you tube.
 
72Fourspeed said:
I wonder if there are any unedited original length versions out there. I would like to see the Charlotte Rampling scenes. Supposed to be very essential to the flick.
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I have the DVD with both US and European versions, the Euro has the extra scenes.
 
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72Fourspeed said:
I wonder if there are any unedited original length versions out there. I would like to see the Charlotte Rampling scenes. Supposed to be very essential to the flick.
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I watched it again last night. The added scenes (Cut scenes, depending on where the movie was seen) with Charlotte Rampling absolutely make a difference in the movie.
For years, I have wondered what drove Kowalski to aim straight into the bulldozers and kill himself. No amount of interpretation from movie reviews or movie experts made it as clear as the deleted scenes did.
In summary: Kowalski was driving at night and slowed to see a woman standing along the roadside by herself. He offered her a ride and told her he was going to San Francisco, she asked why. "Its Home" he replied. She was put at ease by that and then spoke of how she liked him, how she had been waiting for him for a long time. Soon thereafter, I got a slight chill, the kind you get when you are a little spooked or feel a bit creepy.
She was Death and he was giving her a ride. She had been patiently waiting for him for a long time, "The only way to wait for someone" in her own words..."patiently waiting". He wakes the next morning and he was alone, as if the whole experience was a dream.
Kowalski had cheated death in Vietnam, as a motorcycle racer, stock car racer, saw his girlfriend die in a surfing accident and now.....now it was his turn. As he raced toward the bulldozers at redline speed, the glimmer of light in between the bulldozer blades was his heaven, his "Vanishing Point" that was patiently waiting for him for a long, long time.
Holy ****....I first saw this movie in the late 70s on TV. I've watched it numerous times over the years and it was finally clear to me last night. I looked around online and I am not the only one that interpreted Charlottes character as being a symbol of the Death character. Pretty cool even though it was spooky.
 
Wow that's well written and a great analogy. It's also strange that Chris Cornell committed suicide. He was the front man singer for Audio Slave. They used several scenes from Vanishing Point in their video, "Show Me How to Live." He shouts to his creator in confusion to show him how to live. After a self-reflecting scene in the desert the he and the band kill themselves into the bulldozers. That song was definitely a cry for help.
 
The radio station today.......(actually last year when I took this photo).
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Vanishing point is on Sunday morning at 1:30am est on TMC...

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The org. Vanishing Point 1971 version is on here
something like 10:30 PM PST Sunday Comcast TMC
I have it set to DVR

can't wait, I like the org. much better
 
Kern Dog said:
I watched it again last night. The added scenes (Cut scenes, depending on where the movie was seen) with Charlotte Rampling absolutely make a difference in the movie.
For years, I have wondered what drove Kowalski to aim straight into the bulldozers and kill himself. No amount of interpretation from movie reviews or movie experts made it as clear as the deleted scenes did.
In summary: Kowalski was driving at night and slowed to see a woman standing along the roadside by herself. He offered her a ride and told her he was going to San Francisco, she asked why. "Its Home" he replied. She was put at ease by that and then spoke of how she liked him, how she had been waiting for him for a long time. Soon thereafter, I got a slight chill, the kind you get when you are a little spooked or feel a bit creepy.
She was Death and he was giving her a ride. She had been patiently waiting for him for a long time, "The only way to wait for someone" in her own words..."patiently waiting". He wakes the next morning and he was alone, as if the whole experience was a dream.
Kowalski had cheated death in Vietnam, as a motorcycle racer, stock car racer, saw his girlfriend die in a surfing accident and now.....now it was his turn. As he raced toward the bulldozers at redline speed, the glimmer of light in between the bulldozer blades was his heaven, his "Vanishing Point" that was patiently waiting for him for a long, long time.
Holy ****....I first saw this movie in the late 70s on TV. I've watched it numerous times over the years and it was finally clear to me last night. I looked around online and I am not the only one that interpreted Charlottes character as being a symbol of the Death character. Pretty cool even though it was spooky.
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Yeah those scenes do bring a whole new angle...and here all these years I figured it was just because he was so spun out on uppers:rolleyes:
 
just realized how old this thread is, oh well, liked and agreed anyway!
 
That's okay, the thread is nowhere near as old as the movie, and most of us are fans. :)
 
Interesting posts as a guy who was crazy about this flick when it came out. Saw it at an outdoor movie theater in my Challenger and got a little stupid driving home - glad my dumbass didn't catch up to me or someone else. I gather I've never seen some of the out takes as described; would like to see them. LOL, one thing I always thought about - had Kow actually delivered the car to it's waiting owner...the guy would a got one blown to **** POS.
 
Photon440 said:
From an interview with Barry Newman (Kawolski) they were given four Challengers to use for the movie from Chrysler. Three were 440 four speed cars, one was a 383 automatic. All four were still drivable when returned after shooting was over.

The automatic car was used as a tow vehicle to pull the Camaro stunt double into the bulldozer at the end of the movie... :)
-=Photon440=-
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They had to use a Camaro at the end? The cost of losing a Challenger? Let alone the additional damage to the bulldozer blades? Lol.
 
Yes, they used a Camaro with no engine, most of the audience probably didn't catch on with the fleeting glimpse of the wreck. I doubt that the blades suffered much damage. :)
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First time I've seen this as well. A shame they didn't keep the clip in the movie - actress reminded me of a young Lauren Bacall mostly the eyes. Similar to a plot line in a book I read...
 
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