Review of Amblin'

Amblin' (1968)
6/10
What if it's not Steven Spielberg?
22 July 2015
Warning: Spoilers
A young man with a guitar case is hitchhiking on a desert road. He runs into a pretty girl who is also hitchhiking. They connect in a seed spitting contest and walking the road. They smoke a joint and spend the night together. They get to the beach and the man goes frolicking in the waves. The girl sneaks a peek inside the guitar case and finds everything except a guitar. She smiles and leaves him behind.

It's well-made for a student film. There's no dialogue probably due to the difficulty of sound recording in the outside elements. I do wish he change up the guitar hippie music although he has some fun doing sound effects for seed spitting contest. The film shows that Spielberg has the natural skills as well as an understanding of filmmaking. The sex scene is a bit stiff and old fashion cute. He also could have made a bigger deal about the guitar case. Overall it has a certain low grade charm that show the early promise of Spielberg.
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