Review of Electra Glide in Blue (1973) by Roger T — 30 Dec 2010

The Arizona motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) is waiting for this break to became a homicide cop. The motorcycle cop duties is not his vision of a future compared to his colleague Zipper (Billy "Green" Bush). After a claimed suicide, which turns out to be a murder, Wintergreen gets his break and his wish of wearing a stetson hat, boots and a suit. But he is also forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert where he meets his destiny...

This is a movie I have red about several times, but never seen. I reckon "Electra Glide In Blue" is ok as an intriguing document of time and the political state America was in back in 1973. The movie shows as well Robert Blake as you want to remember him, not like what he became later on. However, I reckon first and only one time director James William Guercio shows a bit of wobbly talent, the movie is somewhat incoherent at times, but it still delivers in other areas. And it made me think that movies was made in such a specific and great fashion back then. There´s this specific aura surrounding the movies made in the 70´s. And it made me listen to The Marcels...