A few weeks ago, I watched a Brian Wilson biopic called “Love & Mercy” for a review here at Furious Cinema. I remembered that the drummer, Dennis Wilson, also appeared in a film called “Two-Lane Blacktop”, which I haven’t seen in 7 or 8 years. The only thing I recall […]
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On May 3rd, Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counterculture/road movie masterpiece EASY RIDER is riding onto Blu Ray from the Criterion Collection. BUY FROM AMAZON Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) are drug dealing hippies who sell a cache of coke to fund a road trip to Mardi Gras. As […]
One of the most important and iconic films in cinema history is Easy Rider. It was directed by veteran actor Dennis Hopper in 1969 and has since become a cult classic for generations of cineasts. Wyatt aka Captain America (Peter Fonda) and his pal Billy (Dennis Hopper) travel to Mexico to […]
While Easy Rider (1969) wasn’t the first counterculture film ever made, it was a benchmark work of cinema that had a special resonance with audiences of it’s era. It struck a vital nerve with the 60s generation and the eclectic rock music chosen by Director Dennis Hopper was a very […]