Tales Of The Rat Fink

If you think there's anything remotely original about "Pimp My Ride," you'll dig this colorful and suitably gonzo documentary. It opens with a Tom Wolfe quote that deems the automobile "the only uniquely American art form" (sorry, jazz), and charts the improbable career of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, king of post-WWII custom-car culture. Returning GIs who acquired a need for speed in European motor pools began souping up inexpensive prewar cars that were being supplanted by the shiny new models once again rolling out of Detroit. They raced their retooled dragsters across dry lake beds outside Los Angeles and down the asphalt strips of L.A.'s new freeways; their enthusiasm q...