![]() ![]() Well worth seeing-particularly if you consider yourself a film buff or expert on the medium. It is slickly made, has exceptional graphics and is clearly a work of love. While I agree with some of the folks who have reviewed this documentary that many of the films mentioned in the documentary are way overrated, I cannot help but admire the overall quality of the film. The film features tons of interviews with various Hollywood experts and craftsmen. About the Book: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, is considered the definitive account of the. Now the new auteurs were the boss- and in many cases they were wildly successful and in a few others they became the victims of their own egos and lifestyles. ![]() In reaction against the past and to help them out of financial meltdown, the studios turned their eyes to a whole new breed of filmmakers-folks who were making films that were little like the films of old. And, because television had taken away from the film business so much, profits were way, way down. The traditional Hollywood system was quickly crumbling-brought on by some incredibly expensive flops, such as "Cleopatra". Why do people go see them? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault.This documentary spans a period from about 1960 to 1980. ![]() GEORGE LUCAS ON STAR WARS: "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. There was no cocaine before Easy Rider on the street. ![]() MARTIN SCORSESE ON DRUGS: "I did a lot of drugs because I wanted to do a lot, I wanted to push all the way to the very very end, and see if I could die."ĭENNIS HOPPER ON EASY RIDER: "The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this is the full, candid story of Hollywood's last golden age. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the '70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (both onscreen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. This was an age when talented young filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg, along with a new breed of actors, including De Niro, Pacino, and Nicholson, became the powerful figures who would make such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. When the low-budget biker movie Easy Rider shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. ![]()
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