Review of Five Easy Pieces (1970) by Harry W — 31 Aug 2015

Five Easy Pieces is the high point of the America's Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set (Overall score 4.2). Between this, Easy Rider, and The Last Picture Show I am glad to have access to these films and it is an excellent snap shot of the independent ideals of the 70's in Hollywood.

Jack Nicholson's performance of a listless piano maestro who chose to distance himself from his musical family and Rafelson pulled some of the best single scene acting of Nicholson's career, which says quite a lot. That performance, with Kovacs cinematography, hold up several average scores and, like many of the recent films I have watched is dragged down by parity.