69 years

Orland 2022-04-20 09:01:41

1) I turned off the movie halfway through, and waited a few days before continuing to watch it.
It seems like a lot of things are starting to surround me. The lovely classmates in our student union have meetings every day. Forget what is so problematic and waste time in cookie-cutter meetings.

2] The source.
I know it's in a Sam Wenders critical collection, a road movie that smells of that frenetic sixties vibe even before I see it.
Waytt and Billy, these two young men riding Harleys, just passed by, there are beautiful sunsets, swaying lakes, and rolling mountains everywhere.
They took turns smoking cigarettes.
On the way, I met those in the mountains, some hippies were reclaiming their own land and looking for their own utopia.

3) That's their everything, Harleys, cigarettes, marijuana, alcohol.
Being on the road is their purpose, and they take it as they please.

4) In the few minutes at the end, LSD and whiskey, in the land of Christ, the director kept using montages, Christian teachings, two pairs of men and women sandwiched between the walls. Hippie elements dangle in it.

5] This is nothing but what I was looking for. Those sixties American culture. Those hippies, those "destroyed in madness" Beats. Always thinking about what the 69 Woodstock was like, everyone sang and danced, filling a small village.
The Kerouac of "On the Road," you're traveling across America.

6] Comparison with another road movie.
The Motorcycle Diary. cut. The soldier later died in wet Bolivia. On the night of his birthday, Che on the river side watched the birthday party he walked out of, and looked at the quiet village opposite, and then he swam over.
Although "Motorcycle Days" has the usual joy, but its steps are heavier, this is a revolutionary, he can't make these people who are suffering from poverty.
In Easy Rider, they have no political responsibility. They dream of a utopia. It's their purpose to be happy all the way.

7) Lots of old '60s rock, a Woodstock leftover feast, with a provocative voice. Crisp acoustic guitar.

8] End.
George died first. He was beaten to death with a stick while he was asleep at night. He didn't even know how he died.
At the end, when Billy gave his middle finger to a passing pickup, the bullets in it also made it fall to the side of the road with the Harley. And Waytt, who was rushing to find a doctor, was thrown back by the truck, and another bullet sent the motorcycle flying. A long shot, a straight road, and a puff of smoke from the already-exploded Harley.
I suddenly remembered that the photo of the female punk with "No Future" painted on the forehead, in fact, we lived our lives so safely and steadily along a route, maybe we would die that day.

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Extended Reading

Easy Rider quotes

  • Billy: There's nothin' but sand, man. They're not gonna make it, man. They ain't gonna grow anything here.

    Captain America: They're gonna make it. Dig. They're gonna make it.

  • Jack: We have planted our seeds. We ask - that our efforts be worthy - to produce simple food - for simple taste. We ask that our efforts be rewarded. We thank you for the food we eat from other hands - that we may share it with our fellow man - and be even more generous - what it is from our own. Thank you for our place - to make a stand.

    Commune: Amen.

    Jack: Let's eat.