Free, gorgeous as a flash in the pan

Nona 2021-12-07 08:01:41

"They are not afraid of you, but what you represent."

"What I represent is that everyone needs a unique hairstyle."

"No, you represent freedom..."

"What the hell is freedom ? ! " "

this is the crux of this is the crux. talk about it and realize it are two different things, true freedom is hard, especially when you are trading in the market, so do not tell anyone that you are not free, They will prove you wrong by killing and doing evil. Oh, they always instill individual freedom in you, but when they do see a free individual, it will scare them."

"Dude, this It doesn’t scare them."

"No, it only makes them dangerous."

The tone of the film began to change after this dialogue between Hansen and Billy. When I heard the word "danger", it heralded The price and end of freedom.

While we admire freedom, we are afraid of differences. Someone constantly wants to polish your edges and corners to make you look less dazzling.

People who advocate freedom, what you are fighting against is the rules and order of this society on the surface, but in fact the desire for control exists in human nature. The disappearance of the body will not obliterate the spirit of freedom, and the struggle for freedom will continue forever, seemingly endless.

This sounds very pessimistic, but if we change our angle, we may be more calm:

we cannot fully control our nature, nor can we predict the direction of our destiny. Perhaps we have come to this world as just a bystander of ourselves and this world.

But we will also remember the moment when the night flower blooms in the dark.

I gave four stars because maybe I am not a pessimist. I personally feel that I lack some ideas like Eastern Zen Buddhism. The film should convey that people learn to be honest but not desperate.

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Easy Rider quotes

  • George Hanson: [Drinking his Jim Beam] Here's the first of the day, fellas! To old D.H. Lawrence.

    [He starts flapping one arm like a chicken]

    George Hanson: Neh! Neh! Neh! Fuh! Fuh! Fuh! Indians.

  • George Hanson: [Seeing his first marijuana cigarette] Lord have mercy! Is that what that is?