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First Edition Limited to 2500 copies. This special copy has a card signed in ink by actor Barry Newman, star of the film Vanishing Point, affixed to the the half-title. Hardbound in full color photographic boards. 572 pages 9.5 x 6.75 inches. As described by the publishers ÒFilm director Richard C. SarafianÕs Vanishing Point (20th Century Fox, 1971) is the ultimate analog car chase movie with that hard-to-pin-down something extra. Written by renowned Cuban novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante under a pseudonym (Guillermo Cain), itÕs nominally the saga of a speedaddled Vietnam vet existentially on the lam in a Dodge Challenger. ItÕs also a modern Western, a dystopian allegory of our surveillance society, and a love letter to the muscle car, all rolled into one. No surprise itÕs become a cult classic, adored and paid homage to by Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Prince, Alberto Moravia, Guns ÔnÕ Roses, Primal Scream, Audioslave, and countless others. Now, Robert M. RubinÕs Vanishing Point Forever brings together everything there is. 572 pages include a complete reproduction of the filmÕs final shooting script, pages from Cabrera InfanteÕs early drafts, his own location scouting photos (never seen before), and a gold mine of production and publicity stills, ephemera, excerpts, reflections and essays. Rubin details how the movie came to life Ñ from stars Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Charlotte Rampling (so enigmatic she was cut from the main release); to the groundbreaking stunts coordinated by Hollywood legend Carey Loftin; to its unique, remarkable half-life. In the words of Sarafian, the film just ÔwouldnÕt die.Õ RubinÕs tribute also includes assembled insights, interviews and quotes from a broad range of essential voices, including Cabrera Infante, Prince, Moravia, J. Hoberman, cinematographer and director Janusz Kaminski, Raymond Chandler, Jean Baudrillard, Jack Kerouac, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, Lucy Sante, race driver Sam Posey, and many more.Ó.