Cultural Manifesto and Tragedy of the Beat Generation

Francesca 2022-04-19 09:01:55

The cultural manifesto and tragic portrayal of the Beat Generation. The hair toughness of the Hollywood kids. The story is casual, and the language of the shots is extremely free, just like two motorcycle youths who made money by reselling drugs on the road. The former hitchhiker took them to a hippie utopia, where dozens of men and women were exiled in the wilderness, farming indiscriminately and living in a mess. They arrived at the place of revelry, and they were even more empty after taking drugs. The explosion of the ending makes the randomness of the whole story meaningful.

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  • Daphnee 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    what's the point of on the road? weeds and friends? no, freedom. btw dennis hopper looked like james franco, but way cutter.

  • George 2022-04-21 09:02:06

    They are not afraid of you, but of what you stand for, freedom. Don't tell people they are not free, they will prove you wrong by killing and doing evil. Oh, they keep talking to you about freedom all the time, but when they do see a free individual, it scares them. It doesn't scare them. This makes them dangerous. // But you who are at ease, the soul never dies.

Easy Rider quotes

  • George Hanson: Well, um, that's got a real nice, eh, taste to it. Though, I don't suppose it'll do me much good, though, I mean, I'm so used to the booze and everything.

    Captain America: You've got to hold it in your lungs longer, George.

  • George Hanson: That was a - UFO beamin' back at ya. Me and Eric Heisman was down in Mexico two weeks ago, we seen 40 of 'em flyin' in formation. They - they -they've got bases all over the world now, you know. They've been comin' here ever since 1946, when the scientists first started bouncin' radar beams off of the moon. And they have been livin' and workin' among us, in vast quantities, ever since. The government knows all about 'em.

    Billy: What are you talkin', man?

    George Hanson: Well, you just seen one of 'em, didn't ye?

    Billy: Hey, man, I saw somethin', man; but, I didn't see 'em workin' here. You know what I mean?

    George Hanson: Well, they are people just like us. From within our own solar system. Except that their society is more highly evolved. I mean, they don't have no wars, they got no monetary system, they don't have any leaders; because, I mean, each man is a leader. I mean, each man - because of their technology, they are able to feed, clothe, house, and transport themselves equally and with no effort.

    Captain America: Wow!

    Billy: Well, you know something, man, I think, you want to know what I think? I think this is a crackpot idea! That's what I think. How 'bout that? How 'bout a little of that? I think it's a crackpot idea! I mean, if they're so smart, why don't they just reveal themselves to us, huh, and get it over with?

    George Hanson: Why don't they reveal themselves to us - is because if they did, it would cause a general panic. Now, I mean, we still have leaders upon whom we rely for the release of this information. These leaders - have decided to repress this information because of the tremendous shock that it would cause to our antiquated systems. Now, the result of this has been that the Venutians have contacted people at all walks of life, all walks of life -

    [laughs]

    George Hanson: Yes! It would be a devastin' blow to our antiquated systems. So, now Venutians are mating with people in all walks of life in an advisory capacity. For once, man will have a god-like control over his own destiny. He will have a chance to transcend and to evolve with some equality for all.

    Captain America: How was your joint, George?