![]() After the beauty and freedom of the riding scenes, Fonda’s character seems reflective, and perhaps even tormented. ![]() The hippies pick up a hitchhiker, fill up with gas, and cruise through Monument Valley, where they rest for the night. This may be an arthouse pic, but one with a clear visible goal: to make it to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. ![]() Against some spectacular cinematic backdrops - trademark of the movie and its cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs - the credit sequence gives us a first threshold trip, leading us into the story. But recently I studied movie thresholds, and I wanted to understand what this legendary road movie had to say about it.īilly (Hopper) and Wyatt/Captain America (Fonda) are two seemingly careless bikers who finance their freedom by doing the occasional big drug deal. My recollection of it was slow, self-indulgent and celebrating a culture I don’t see myself connecting with. In fairness, I was never too keen on seeing it again. I had seen Easy Rider only once before, a long time ago. Isn’t it great when you watch a movie for a second, third, umpteenth time, and - finally - you get it?
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