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Just saw
Electra Glide in Blue for the fifth or so time since I saw it in a movie theater when it was released in 1973.
It qualifies as a modern western - the references to older westerns and the idea of motorcycles as iron horses is pretty blatant. Plus, a lot of it is filmed in Monument Valley.
It's not only a great western, but one of the best cop movies - that is, a movie about cops, not crime - ever made.
The odd thing is that the producer/director/musical score composer, James Guercio, never made another movie. He did have another career in music, though.
Also, Robert Blake is absolved of all sins by starring in this movie.