Two Lane Blacktop

The last shot of Two Lane Blacktop is among the greatest last shots in history. The camera is in the empty back seat of the home-grown 55 Chevy, the driver in the front seat. He’s taken his position on the stretch of asphalt, ready to roar in another race. And as he drives the sound cuts out and the image warps and then we see what’s happening is that the film itself is melting - have you seen film melt in a projector before? It get all yellow and brown and red and squirms and dissolves outwards from a hole of pure white light.