MAMUS

Easy Rider is a classic of the world cinema of the late 60's, with only 340 thousand dollars, the film has grossed over 400 million dollars. It is a pioneer of the Road-Movie and Acid-Western genre. It was directed by Dennis Hopper, who was young at the time, and also invited such actors as: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Tony Basil, Luke Askew, Phil Spector. The very concept of a plot is not present here. 2 hippie guys Wyatt (nicknamed Mr. America) and Billy trade a shipment of drugs for 2 choppers and head from Mexico first to Los Angeles and then to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras Festival, in search of "Real America" under "real" is suspected government abandonment with the war in Vietnam, with free love, acid trip, etc. The whole film is saturated with issues and tensions about the youth of the '60s, such as the heyday of the hippie movement, the communal way of life. One of the strongest pluses of this picture is the soundtrack. It's got all the gold in folk-rock and psychedelic music from the '60s. From the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Byrds to Steppenwolf and Bob Dylan. Also on the plus side is the acting (front and background), what is only Hopper or The Advocate. The movie really wasn't made to order, which is nice. However, I want to note that not everyone will understand this film, because, as I have already said, there is no plot, but at the same time, this picture has a lot of meanings, thoughts. And one of the thoughts for me: "To be a hippie means to be a free man, to escape from the democratic ideas of the capitalist world. To reconnect with nature, to become nature, as Jim Morrison sang in one of the songs. I definitely recommend the film.