Life is too short, and it’s early to get away---Impressions of "Easy Rider"

Rodger 2021-12-07 08:01:41

What kind of life is a happy life? Or is there a happy life in this world? When I witnessed two young Americans on the screen in front of me driving a cool bike on the highway and dying on the highway, my mood was quite complicated. I don’t know why they should die because of their freedom. They should still give high fives because they passed away before dying. I don’t want to fully quote Paul’s words, "People, the most precious thing is life, and life is only once for everyone." I want to add my words, "Life is short, so early."
As a masterpiece of highway movies , I think the Chinese translation of this film is a good thief. What better way to reflect the life mood of the two young people in the film than "Easy Rider". The Xiaoyao of Waytt and Billy is the real Xiaoyao. They are not today. Many people show off with a kind of publicity, so they will not be anything for being cool and illegal, but on the highway, taking the picturesque world as a show. Enjoy the unruly youthful background. I believe that many people will feel fascinated when they see their happy pictures, because it is too difficult for us to get away, I can’t ride a Harley motorcycle, because I can’t even ride a bicycle, and I also post a motorcycle under the rendering of the media. It is labeled as prone to accidents. The point is, I don’t have their happy mentality. Xiaoyao doesn’t just cut hair into moxican, put a ring on the ear, a nail on the tongue, a hole in the pants, and two more bottles of wine to scold the mother. It should be one. This kind of life attitude deeply rooted. Waytt and Billy are just like that. They enjoy the beauty of speed, the joy of drinking, the joy of friendship, and the sorrow of death. The film has always been refreshing and exciting most of the time, but the atmosphere suddenly changed in the later period, and it seemed that Xiaoyao had come. The camera, a psychedelic and chaotic scene of the two and two prostitutes with harsh background music test the endurance of the audience who just followed them to enjoy. Accidents will always happen, you and I can’t predict, so they live away until On the highway—their happy joyous field—were violent, died well enough, and died without shock.
knight! A very European vocabulary, but it has evolved into a fantasy symbol that makes people feel free. Why is Xiaoyao often connected with a knight, because people need to control his mount, enjoy the pleasure of conquering, and enjoy the freedom to run. Therefore, Captain Jack needs to drive his Black Pearl free in the ocean; the Jedi needs to drive their spacecraft free in space; or, they can be simple, riding a broomstick in the sky like Harry Potter; or, It can be more environmentally friendly, stepping on the clouds like Wukong in the sky. Waytt and Billy chose motorcycles, a product of industrialization, and the tide of industrialization is raging. When this process occupies land, pollutes rivers, and stains the sky, it seems that the free space is being eaten away. However, motorcycles are undoubtedly a good tool for leisure. It allows riders to enjoy the thrill of speed. The streamlined figure allows it to travel on the ground. Motorcycles really make riders feel like a rider, feel the wind and feel the rain.
Another reason why a rider needs a mount is that riders are often lonely. This is easy to understand. If you don’t believe me, you can take a motorcycle to Beijing during the rush hour and go to see me in the traffic flow of several overpasses that can be recorded in history. So, you can see Waytt and Billy seem lonely and happy on the highway, but loneliness is not loneliness, they do not reject those who travel with them, and they will take a break on the road to blend in with the picturesque customs. . However, in a highway movie, you will find that the protagonist often cannot stop. Stopping means danger, change, and temptation. Therefore, they must keep on the road, and they are truly accompanied by their mounts. In this way, we can understand why riders often enjoy the sense of accomplishment of riding a postal mount, but they often regard mounts as partners, even if they are lifeless or boats or vehicles. They often pat their mounts affectionately when they rest. Because they are with them along the way, the happy journey becomes full and refreshing. Therefore, lonely people are not shameful, lonely people are shameful, and free people have The free mount is accompanied by the free rider, and the free walker will not reject the companions to be free with them. Waytt and Billy can’t be called "good guys", they also smash drugs, they are also a little selfish, and they can make things bad; Waytt and Billy can't be called "bad guys" either, they will not harm others just because they are free and malicious, they will also To bring happiness to the people on the road, they will also invite fellow travelers to travel together. They just want to pursue their own way of life, which can make them happy, and people who indulge in this way are often regarded as heretics. Therefore, they are inexplicably headshot, and some people who are too ordinary to be mediocre can not understand it. They live happily. These narrow-minded and mediocre people would instead say that the free riders are "scum". This fucking world is cruel, and even Xiaoyao is life-threatening.
Music, music is an indispensable part of "Easy Rider", music also has this kind of taste in this easy movie. In the film, when the two knights are driving on the highways in the United States, the infinitely beautiful scenery is accompanied by music that makes people feel comfortable to listen to. It seems that only a film with the rhythm of this film can be matched with this kind of music. The two knights are looking for happiness, so their motorcycles are fast but not fast. Therefore, in this situation, the music naturally has a rustic flavor. Today, people are pursuing more speed and passion, so in the extreme speed experience of a group of racing cars, we hear more of rap or new metal-like music. The realm is different, the music style is also very different. Therefore, after watching the film, it may not be convenient for us to re-watch the film often to experience the happy demeanor, but we can often listen to the original sound of the film, and the music still has a happy aftertaste.
As far as I am concerned, watching "Easy Rider" is a pleasant process, even if the two knights finally died unexpectedly, it did not affect my mood. Because, along the way, they took us to witness a diverse country, witnessed some numb souls, let those lifeless people tremble in the sermons of Easy Knight! Make them angry! Let them be murderous! Let these real ruffians take the lives of two happy ruffians! The poet said, "Some people are alive, but he is dead." Although Waytt and Billy are dead, they have captured the short life and enjoyed the happy time. Life is too short, so early! ten thousand years is too long, fight for now!

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Extended Reading
  • Muhammad 2021-12-07 08:01:41

    "They are not afraid of you, they are afraid of what you represent-freedom"

  • Amani 2022-04-23 07:02:05

    The music is better than the movie, and the story is purer than the movie. Watching "Easy Rider" in 1969 is more direct than watching "On the Road" now. It was a symbol and symbol of an era, and it meant much more than a movie, not just the first road movie, because at the time, it was a very fashionable movie.

Easy Rider quotes

  • Billy: There's nothin' but sand, man. They're not gonna make it, man. They ain't gonna grow anything here.

    Captain America: They're gonna make it. Dig. They're gonna make it.

  • Jack: We have planted our seeds. We ask - that our efforts be worthy - to produce simple food - for simple taste. We ask that our efforts be rewarded. We thank you for the food we eat from other hands - that we may share it with our fellow man - and be even more generous - what it is from our own. Thank you for our place - to make a stand.

    Commune: Amen.

    Jack: Let's eat.