![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, yeah, they’re gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. Of course, don’t ever tell anybody that they’re not free, ’cause then they’re gonna get real busy killin’ and maimin’ to prove to you that they are. I mean, it’s real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. But talkin’ about it and bein’ it, that’s two different things. What you represent to them is freedom.īilly: What the hell is wrong with freedom? That’s what it’s all about. All we represent to them, man, is somebody who needs a haircut. They’re scared of what you represent to ’em.īilly: Hey, man. George Hanson: They’re not scared of you. Hey, we can’t even get into like, a second-rate hotel, I mean, a second-rate motel, you dig? They think we’re gonna cut their throat or somethin’. I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it.īilly: Man, everybody got chicken, that’s what happened. George Hanson: You know, this used to be a helluva good country. The scene is a campfire, since the hippie riders are shunned by ‘respectable’ people, not given a room anywhere and generally discriminated against. For one thing, the actors were smoking real grass on camera.Īnyway, at one point in the movie Jack Nicholson (who was widely acclaimed for his supporting role) pours out his views on the American life. Although the cinematographic aspects may prove uncomfortable to most people accustomed to today’s computer-generated landscapes and SFX, the movie was ground-breaking in its own time. Easy Rider is a 1969 movie about two counterculture/hippie bikers (written and directed by and starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) who travel the United States-the stated objective seemingly Mardi Gras at New Orleans, but of course the point of the journey is to escape the automaton harshness of city life and take it easy for a bit. ![]()
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