Easy Rider

I think this movie was pivotal because it didn’t sugar coat the true events that took place in the sixties. ” Wyatt and Billy met George in jail after they illegally joined a parade through a small town in Louisiana. Georges quote is ironic considering that just a few hours after he said it he ends up beaten to death from expressing his individualism. ing to find similar people that are impartial to change and feel threatened by freedoms of others and how others express it. The theme was emotionally impressing to understand the truth about the sixties.

Jack Nicholson’s character, George Hansen, a part time lawyer/alcoholic said it very well, “They can talk to you and talk to you about individual freedom but once they see a free individual it scares them. The riding scenes gave you the feeling similar to when you’re riding in a car and you could be going nowhere or anywhere but for a second everything makes sense and that all that matters. I would recommend this film to people interested in the technical spirit of the sixties.

Easy Rider was typically well received by younger society; mainly because of the heavy drug content. The film had a good response on myself because it broke down the cliché sixties stoner happy decade by focusing on the violence and anger that also occurred in that time.