March 3, 2026Open Access

Kornelia Boczkowska, Lost Highways, Embodied Travels: The Road Movie in American Experimental Film and Video

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Boczkowska redefines the road movie by emphasizing experimental film and video, diverging from mainstream narratives.
Key films in traditional road movie discourse include iconic titles like Easy Rider and Thelma & Louise.
The analysis positions the road movie within a broader cultural and artistic context, pushing against normative interpretations.
This work suggests a need to reconsider cultural identities represented in film, opening up new avenues for discourse.

Abstract

Kornelia Boczkowska’s Lost Highways, Embodied Travels aims to reposition how we think about the American road movie by focusing on experimental film and video rather than mainstream cinema. Scholars of the road movie genre have long emphasized iconic films, such as Easy Rider (1969) and Thelma & Louise (1991), with their now-familiar associations of freedom, rebellion, and countercultural identity. Boczkowska’s objective is to reconceptualize the road movie through the lens of experimental p...

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