Others in the picture are Wintergreen's buddy, a violence prone individual who reads comic books, hassles hippies, and figures riding a bike and collecting his pay make a pretty good life. The story is told in sharp, sudden flashes vignettes that have a fantasy-like feel to them, so much so, that the viewer may wonder if he is watching a connected narrative. When an old man is found dead in his desert shack, an apparent suicide, Wintergreen battles like a fighting rooster to protect and prove his murder case. The way to gain that promotion is to solve a murder. The setting is Arizona and the main character is John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) a short, tough motorcycle cop who dreams about advancing to the rank of detective so he can wear fancy clothes. Finally, after exhausting intervals, the camera may get around to a face. The viewer is overwhelmed with screen filling images of belt buckles and jacket zippers. Outside of television, commercials and the field of micro-photography, seldom has the camera concentrated on small objects while ignoring the total scene to such great extent. It is padded with bravura camera tricks, side trips into inconsequential moments, lingering over characters who explain themselves at length and then explain themselves again. The pictures brief plot has been pulled and stretched to fill a movie that is far too long for its material. Like much of modern pop music the picture tends to be free-wheeling to the point of formlessness, and has flashes of brilliance that get lost in periods of self-indulgence. It also is the first movie effort by producer-director William Guercio, a composer, musician and successful rock record producer (Blood, Sweat and Tears, and currently Chicago). "Electra Glide in Blue" is an "Easy Rider" with motorcycle cops. Tony Mastroianni Review Collection Electra polices "Easy Rider" Cleveland Press October 1, 1973
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