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Easy Rider (1969)
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The anti-Easy Rider?
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"I never cared much for Easy Rider . It always seemed so sloppy and self-indulgent: I think it's only inarguable innovation is it's use of "found" music; nothing against it's cast, but they're stoned or high to the point of being boring to watch. It's anti-authoritarian in a loud, drunk, high school kind of way. Electra Glide in Blue gives a direct hint or two that it might agree with this sentiment. It is a much neater and more thought out film, that at one point literally takes a shot at the aforementioned biker film. Robert Blake, who I'd really only known for his Lost Highway and wife-shooting creepiness, is a fairly appealing lead as eager-beaver motorcycle cop Jon Wintergreen; he's a spunky little dude. Unlike the grimy whiny hippies of Easy Rider he seems to know what he wants, a promotion to detective. Thus begins Electra Glide's more reasoned attack on authority via motorcycle picture. That position of authority and system itself don't turn out to be what Wintergr ... "
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Dennis Hopper and the Natural P ...
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"California may have spent the last five years under the rule of a Republican movie star, but news that major industry players are anything but super-lefty liberals still seems to strike many as a surprise. Responding to a story in which it’s casually mentioned that Dennis Hopper is expected to attend the Republican National Convention, Defamer’s Kyle Buchanan writes, “Did we miss the memo that said the countercultural director of freaking Easy Rider was a Republican? We’d assumed his appearance in the right-wing Zucker film An American Carol was a strict paycheck gig…” I’m not sure when the “memo” first went out, but Hopper has been a registered Republican for over 25 years. This 2005 interview is the most concise story "
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"California may have spent the last five years under the rule of a Republican movie star, but news that major industry players are anything but super-lefty liberals still seems to strike many as a surprise. Responding to a story in which it’s casually mentioned that Dennis Hopper is expected to attend the Republican National Convention, Defamer’s Kyle Buchanan writes, “Did we miss the memo that said the countercultural director of freaking Easy Rider was a Republican? We’d assumed his appearance in the right-wing Zucker film An American Carol was a strict paycheck gig…” I’m not sure when the “memo” first went out, but Hopper has been a registered Republican for over 25 years. This 2005 interview is the most concise story "
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Imitation of Angst : Gypsy 83
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"Often there comes a time when a bad (or inept, or failed) movie will unwittingly tip its hand. It could be a piece of dialogue that encapsulates a central flaw, or it might be a device that functions as damage control. In Gypsy 83, it’s a chapter when Gypsy and Clive, en route to a singing competition in New York, spend an evening with a more or less retired singer, Bambi LeBleau (Karen Black). She is congenial, down-to-earth, unperturbed and dishonest only in the sense that she is trying to put a brave face on adversity. Black has been acting for at least thirty years now (Five Easy Pieces, Nashville, Easy Rider) and her screen presence and skill are so effortless that they too often go unnoticed. Her performance appears to infect Sara Rue (Gypsy) and Kett Turton (Clive) who seem completely different in this sequence, and outshines them in the rest of the film. She’s invested in the role, but experienced enough to trust her intuitions. When they decide to leave Bambi b ... "
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FIRST OF IT'S KIND!
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"Peter Fonda was way out in front with this ground breaking film. I think they made it for about $750,000 to $900,000, and grossed many, many millions of dollars. The music was awesome, and helped keep the flow of the movie. The acting was good, and this will be a real classic for many, many years to come. "
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Potholes
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"Easy Rider is a much overhyped film. Peter Fonda and especially Dennis Hopper's performances are highly unprofessional and give the impression that they are largely portraying themselves. An interesting drinking game would be to take a shot every time Hopper says "man." Jack Nicholson, however, deserves all the credit that can be bestowed upon him in a performance that helped catapult him into a 3 Oscar career. The film largely consists of Fonda and Hopper cruising on their choppers to a wonderful rock soundtrack shot against beautiful landscape. But this combination is not enough to qualify as a great film, or even a film at all. A more appropriate title would be an "extended music video" courtesy of The Band, Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Harley Davidson, and Laszlo Kovacs' cinematography.Still, the film deserves credit for being groundbreaking. When Easy Rider came out in 1969, no film had attempted to capture the contemporary sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll culture. Instead, l ... "
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Classic Movie!
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"This is probably one of the best movies ever made!!! "
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