http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/
Just under 50 films posted and barely scratched surface of all of the
Biker flicks out there!
What is it about a 'HOG' that changes the perspective?
Why do 40 something dentists pay twice the market value to purchase
what is probably a repaired crashed and bent Harley/Indian frame just
to ride it on Sunday in the safety a toll road?
Why did two cops lose their sense in New York during an annual biker
ride and assist in the attack on a family?
Why do I still remember vividly the two days that I hallucinated from
the purple tabs that I bought off a Hells Angel member?
Okay the last one is kind of self evident.
Myth, mythos or false context. Bad boys that the girls can't resist
and the cultural and sociological that somehow the girls will either
be taken against their will or ultimately always wanted it.
I suppose the Biker genre has it all. Sex, drugs and rock and roll.
But in fact it is just that; genre.
Those who operate as Bikers now do so with the knowledge that they
operate as much under the myth as they ride under the 1200 cc engines
beneath them.
As Chibs says to jarry just before ripping open her police uniform and
fucking her on top of her police cruiser, "I'm a criminal"!!!!!!!!!
Finally some honesty from those who are part of that reality.
Do Asian women ride on their bikes into what is essentially an
analogical 'rape field'?
Does Billy Jack stand up to the Born Losers?
Did Jack Nicholson learn anything portraying the Bruce Dern variant
cum Lance Hendrickson troubled biker that led him anywhere?
....
or is it all just a sham.
...
did I lead you all to this... an excuse to post a not sleazy except it
was considered sleazy when released....
to Jack Nicholson wearing a helmet.. that iconic helmet?
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in what is really the only Biker movie
that counts.
Easy Rider.
I think the only sad part of that film is that I watched an interview
with Dennis Hopper and he was quite apologetic in saying "I took so
many drugs that I honestly have no idea about the years from 1967 -
1972.
We leave this block post the way it should be.. confused because when
you think about it....
there is no such thing as a biker film.
Is there Sanatio? (validation for you football players who never took
Latin)
I don't know nor do I think even those in that world know anymore.
Maybe it is just another example of what happens when too many (see
above) constructs are allowed to free radicalize.
T.
PS> You may have hated this block post or loved it but you have to
admit at least I put some thought into it! :)
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