While there’s an awful lot of gossip here, it’s still important to discuss since it influenced their careers and shaped their movies. They also talk in loving detail about their drug addictions, alcoholism, and various tragedies. They discuss how French films influenced their styles. They describe what it was like taking power from the studios. Through a series of interviews, these directors, producers, and actors tell what it was like “back in the day”. This film tells the long history behind these films getting made and lets you into the private world of the “movie brats” that created them in a way rarely seen. It’s also for fans of Easy Rider, The Godfather, Star Wars, Jaws, and the big films of the 60’s and 70’s. This is also one for fans of Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, Lucas, Milius, and the like.
This is a documentary for the hard core movie fan. General audiences will probably be bored by it. “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” is rated TV-14.įirst off, I have to say that this is not a documentary for everyone. You may be surprised to find out what your favorite actors and directors were up to early in their careers. This documentary is a candid look at those days that changed movie making and an honest look at some of the infamous escapades of these power players. Still others found power that they still hold over Hollywood today. Others found their movies bomb and become financial failures. Eventually some found their downfall in drugs. But as these directors were given more and more freedom, they found the stakes became higher. These directors included Dennis Hopper, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Peter Bogdanovich, and many more. And as they made more money, the directors grew in fame and power. This marked a dramatic shift in tone and content in American films. As studios began to lose their audiences in the early 60’s, they turned to hot young directors that tapped into the interests of America’s youth in order to make money. “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” tells the story of the rise and fall of some of America’s most notable directors from the 60’s and 70’s. This documentary is based on the book by Peter Biskind.
Bonus Disc More Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Rock ‘n’ Roll A full disc’s worth of additional “mini-docs” featuring Dennis Hopper, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Schrader, John Milius, Peter Bart, and more.
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