From Smokey and the Bandit to Thelma and Louise, the road movie seems to have an allure as strong as the open highway itself, rumbling along beneath the wheels of a '64 Buick Skylark convertible.

 Tail Lights Fade (it could also be called Angie and Cole and Bruce and Wendy), screening tonight at Local Heroes, is one of those rare Canadian takes on the road flick. Even if its cast is largely American and virtually the entire thing was shot outside of Vancouver.
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Tom Cochrane sang that Life Is A Highway. In "Tail Lights Fade", you learn about life while ON the highway.

 Though Kevin Smith ("Dogma", "Chasing Amy", "Clerks") is listed as an "executive consultant", "Tail Lights Fade" shares little of Smith's sensibility, or sense of humour, other than a tendency toward talkiness.
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