This biker movie presents counter-culture point-of-view emblematic of its time, not merely in the wake of ""Easy Rider" but also countless road movies and biker epic of the '60s and early '70s. Watching it today is fascinating since the low-brow celebration of diversity is once again, unfortunately, needed as the right-wing attitudes of the '60s have descended upon America 60 years later with a vengeance.
Who could have expected nutty crusades agains Gays and Drag Queens so many years after society had opened up to alternate life styles so long ago! And the movie's gender-bending and genre-bending approach seems out of step even now, when fans seem mesmerized by slasher movies and other rigidly defined types of movies, intolerant of "let it all hang out" oddities like this one. I'm talking about a generation that adores Robert Downey Junior as a Marvel superstar, and has never seen a Robett Downey Senior movie.
I suspect the attitude and acceptance of a "let's all go to the drive-in" way of wat ching movies can not be replicated for today's hipster movie fans, just as getting anyone under a certain age interested in Silent Era films is nearly impossible now.
Who could have expected nutty crusades agains Gays and Drag Queens so many years after society had opened up to alternate life styles so long ago! And the movie's gender-bending and genre-bending approach seems out of step even now, when fans seem mesmerized by slasher movies and other rigidly defined types of movies, intolerant of "let it all hang out" oddities like this one. I'm talking about a generation that adores Robert Downey Junior as a Marvel superstar, and has never seen a Robett Downey Senior movie.
I suspect the attitude and acceptance of a "let's all go to the drive-in" way of wat ching movies can not be replicated for today's hipster movie fans, just as getting anyone under a certain age interested in Silent Era films is nearly impossible now.