Candy Mountain

Scripted and co-directed by Rudy Wurlitzer (Two-Lane Blacktop), this quintessential road movie is a rarely screened gem.

  • Directors

    Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer

  • With

    Kevin J O’Connor, Harris Yulin, Tom Waits, Joe Strummer

  • Canada-France-Switzerland 1987. 92min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

A perfect collaboration between two artists (Two-Lane Blacktop co-writer Wurlitzer and The Americans photographer Frank), Candy Mountain mines American mythology, road movie iconography and nihilistic drift. Featuring a cavalcade of musician cameos, the film explores the state of the US counter-culture, the dichotomy between art and commerce, and the interior journey toward selfhood.

The screening of Candy Mountain on Wednesday 1 July will be introduced by Jason Wood, BFI Executive Director for Public Programmes and Audiences.