Out today on DVD:
EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS: HOW THE SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK 'N ROLL GENERATION SAVED HOLLYWOOD
(Dir. Kenneth Bowser, 2003)
(Dir. Kenneth Bowser, 2003)
“When Blake said that the road of excess
leads to the palace of wisdom...(but) it also leads to the grave” - Kris
Kristofferson
In this DVD, essential for anybody with even a casual interest in film history, William H. Macy's narration delicately explains one of the
greatest or at least most interesting film making eras in this documentary
adaptation of Peter Biskind's bestseller.
Covering the same material and even
sharing a number of the same film clips as DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE the
story should be familliar to film babble blog readers. Simply put to those just
tuning in: the French new wave headed by Francois Truffaut and Jean Luc Godard
influenced a band of movie brat outsiders who broke into the studio system
after years of B-movie exile.
Maverick cheapie teen-exploitation king Roger Corman
mentored Peter Bogdonavich, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jack
Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and countless others to become the "New Hollywood."
This gung ho gang made what were called "Now movies" like BONNIE AND CLYDE, EASY
RIDER, THE GODFATHER, MEAN STREETS, and HAROLD AND MAUDE to name five.
By the mid '70s the careers of many of the principle players were in decline while a couple of straight-laced film nerds from Malibu, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, cleaned up with JAWS and STAR WARS which this thesis proposes was the end of
the era.
Whether or not that's true we get many fascinating anecdotes about crazy set antics, infidelities, and of course more stories about that damn mechanical shark. Good stuff indeed. Check out the cool DVD bonus interviews with many of the targeted directors and actors plus a revealing and humorous talk with author Biskind.
Whether or not that's true we get many fascinating anecdotes about crazy set antics, infidelities, and of course more stories about that damn mechanical shark. Good stuff indeed. Check out the cool DVD bonus interviews with many of the targeted directors and actors plus a revealing and humorous talk with author Biskind.
More
later...
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