8/31/2023 0 Comments Easy rider actors 1969![]() ![]() The film's strongest story element is the way it never really tells us what is going on in the heads and minds of Fonda's Captain America (who doesn't get a real name until the penultimate scene of the movie) and Billy. ![]() The film takes us to a commune, and an extended portrayal of free love and community. While I didn't live through it, and am therefore unable to process exactly what was the stuff of peyote-induced myth and what truly happened, there's an authenticity in having three actors who came-of-age in the decade portraying these biking hippies. After this, we get a bird's eye view of the country in 1968. The movie starts with Captain America (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper) smuggling cocaine in from Mexico and receiving an enormous amount of money. (Spoilers Ahead for the Uninitiated) The film feels so sincerely like a French New Wave movie that it's difficult to pinpoint down key plot points, particularly for the first half of the film. When you view something as celebrated as Easy Rider, even though it's your first time through the movie, you can feel how familiar it is thanks to its influence on all subsequent cinema. You feel it the second that Peter Fonda rides onto the screen on that giant red, white, and blue Harley with "Born to Be Wild" howling at you. I've managed to avoid most spoilers regarding Easy Rider, but you can't avoid the iconic impact of the film. Seeing a classic film is a bit trippy our your virgin viewing. ![]()
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