Review of Easy Rider (1969) by Mark O — 04 Nov 2009
A wild trip. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper created a revolution in filmmaking, one that would affect American productions from then on. The movie is split into three delicate sections, and the mood changes from liberation to confusion to horror, as if induced from a rotten drug.
The last third contains some of the most shocking imagery from the decade, or from any other for that matter: as these lost souls stumble and whine like children through their acid trip gone bad, they reveal more about the insecurity of 1960s America than any complex philosophical argument.
It's simple and disturbing, poignant and sloppy. The real footage of Fonda cursing his dead mother under stone religious statues melts me. This is quintessential material, timeless poetry.
This review of Easy Rider (1969) was written by Mark O on 04 Nov 2009.
Easy Rider has generally received very positive reviews.
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