Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point is the ultimate ode to the need for speed, a ferocious white-line race dedicated to "the last American hero to whom speed means freedom of soul," the driver Kowalski (Barry Newman), making a high-speed run from Colorado to San Francisco with the police in pursuit. The film pulsates and revs in time with Kowalski, who simply swallows handfuls of pills and takes off, shuttling back