Films/DVD Asylum Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

---

[ Follow Ups ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Films/DVD Asylum ]

---

[ Alert Moderator ] [ Edit ] [ Delete ]

---

Re: Easy Rider Is One Of My...

204.183.93.128

Posted by Victor Khomenko on June 1, 2001 at 17:15:19

In Reply to: Easy Rider Is One Of My... posted by AudioHead on June 1, 2001 at 16:48:49:

I will generally agree with you on that. There is something undenyably "true" and original about the Easy Rider that the T&L just can't possibly have.

I think Troy is being too hard on it by calling it plotless... it IS plotless, if you judge by the more traditional American movie standards, but in my view the plot is not really needed, at least the plot in the traditional sense... in order to make a good movie. One can perfectly convey the atmosphere, the emotion, etc without resorting to "plot" (what is the plot of the Wild Srawberies?).

So the choice between these two would be very easy for me, even if I am not the "Rider's" fan. But it definitely has the feel, the atmosphere and it does make T&L look like a cardboard cut-out.

One additional word - I don't think anyone had ever produce anything worth watching by following in the footsteps of something true and original. Scott is not that kind of director, anyway, but even the undisputed giants like Tarkovsky had fallen into that trap - with his Berman-esque "Sacrifice", for instance. But if in case of Tarkovsky this was just one silly mistake, Scott has really nothing to counterbalance this flap. Flap? No, a norm, rather...

So no, the Easy Rider is NOT one of my favorite films, but it is something that has the right to exist, as it probes and pushes the envelope, searches for something new. T&L? Sam ol' crap from same ol' crapsters.

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Atma-Sphere Music Systems, Inc.

---

[ Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]

---

[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]

---