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    Easy Rider was Made on a very small budget, taking in an enormous sum at the box office. Easy Rider almost singlehandedly caused the major studios to take a fresh look at young filmmakers. The attitude of this film toward the counterculture? toward the establishment? on what basis does Wyatt praise both the farmer who feeds them and the commune that briefly takes them in?

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    Easy Rider was Made on a very small budget, taking in an enormous sum at the box office. Easy Rider almost singlehandedly caused the major studios to take a fresh look at young filmmakers. The attitude of this film toward the counterculture? toward the establishment? on what basis does Wyatt praise both the farmer who feeds them and the commune that briefly takes them in?

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    Easy Rider Study Guide Easy Rider (1969) Director: Dennis Hopper Historical context The release season

    of 1969-70 was a disastrous one for Hollywood. Big budget productions were tanking at the box office on all sides. The major studios had fallen into an economically fatal pattern of spending more and more money on fewer and fewer films, thereby increasing the risk represented by each production. Too often, the risk did not pay off, leaving the studios drowning in red ink. Easy Rider was the notable exception. Made on a very small budget, it took in an enormous sum at the box office, producing a huge profit for Columbia. This film, almost singlehandedly, caused the major studios to take a fresh look at the work of young filmmakers who previously would have had no chance whatsoever of breaking into the industry. Narrative context Which of the two main characters is more sympathetic? Why? What is Wyatt searching for? What is Billy searching for? What is the significance of their differing attitudes toward the commune they visit? What does Wyatt mean when he says We blew it to Billy? What is the significance of the names Wyatt and Billy? What is the significance of playing out the story as a road trip? What is the significance of the various locales through which they travel? What is the significance of the ending of the film? Is it the ending you expected? Released by: Columbia Screenwriters: Terry Southern, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda

    Aesthetic context What is the significance of the pop songs used on the soundtrack throughout the film? Select one. Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf) The Pusher (Steppenwolf) The Weight (The Band) Wasnt Born to Follow (The Byrds) The Ballad of Easy Rider (The Byrds)

    What is the significance of the way in which Wyatt and Billy are dressed? (Wyatt: black leather, American flag patch, American flag helmet; Billy: Western hat, fringe) How is irony used in the film?

    Rhetorical context What is the attitude of this film toward the counterculture? Toward the establishment? On what basis does Wyatt praise both the farmer who feeds them and the commune that briefly takes them in? Does the film appear to endorse the viewpoints espoused by George Hanson (Jack Nicholson) about the meaning of freedom and societys attitudes toward free individuals?

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