{"id":12282,"date":"2015-10-01T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12282"},"modified":"2015-10-01T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:48:37","slug":"jack-hills-pit-stop-1969-an-artful-racing-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12282","title":{"rendered":"Jack Hill&#8217;s Pit Stop (1969) &#8211; An Artful Racing Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12290\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PitStop_poster.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12290\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12290 \" alt=\"PitStop_poster\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PitStop_poster.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PitStop_poster.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PitStop_poster-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, contrary to a sense of hyperbole, the poster is accurate: there is an ax fight.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Arrow Video \/ MVD Visual\u2019s second Jack Hill release is the underrated, no longer forgotten stock car racing \u2018art film\u2019 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12281\">Pit Stop<\/a><\/strong>, shot in 1967 but unreleased until 1969 \u2013 a move that didn\u2019t help the film\u2019s chances at the box office, sending it to oblivion for a few decades.<\/p>\n<p>Not unlike <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12215\">Spider Baby<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Pit<\/strong> <strong>Stop<\/strong> takes unexpected turns in its narrative, which seems to be a typical trait of Hill as writer-director: step away from the conventional, stay fixed on characters, and make sure every scene stays true to their identities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pit<\/strong> <strong>Stop<\/strong> is also a fascinating time capsule, featuring an insane race track design \u2013 a figure 8 \u2013 where physical damage to metal and bones was sure to happen at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Arrow\u2019s Blu-ray is another gorgeous special edition, crafted with affection for Hill and a little film that\u2019s partly arty, partly drama, and juicy exploitation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming next:<\/em> Woody Allen\u2019s <strong>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Sex Comedy<\/strong> (1982) on Blu from Twilight Time, and a pair of indie sci-fi thrillers.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review of jack Hill&#8217;s excellent stock car racing &#8216;art film&#8217; Pit Stop (1969), new on Blu from Arrow Video \/ MVD Visual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[2562,2563,1778,3966,3971],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/PitStop_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-3c6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12282"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12299,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12282\/revisions\/12299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}