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While Dean is the spark, Sal is the vessel. Sam Riley ( Control ) plays Sal Paradise with a brooding, observational intensity. He is the audience surrogate, the writer trying to make sense of the madman beside him. Riley captures the passive nature of Sal—he is often the passenger, both in the car and in his own life. His narration provides the necessary bridge between Kerouac’s lyrical prose and the visual medium, though the film wisely uses voiceover sparingly, trusting the imagery to tell the story.

Reviewed as a "constant pleasure" for its atmospheric depiction of mid-century America. The Content: Movie On The Road 2012

(played by Sam Riley), an aspiring young writer in New York. Sal’s life is transformed when he meets the charismatic and reckless Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and his free-spirited 16-year-old wife, (Kristen Stewart). While Dean is the spark, Sal is the vessel

Visually, the is a love letter to mid-century America. Cinematographer Eric Gautier (who also shot The Motorcycle Diaries and Into the Wild ) uses a handheld, kinetic style that mimics the jittery energy of bebop music. Riley captures the passive nature of Sal—he is