Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
by Kenneth Bowser
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Actor: Dennis Hopper, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Sam Peckinpah, Warren BeattyDirector: Kenneth Bowser
Brand: SHOUT FACTORY (UNDER GENIUS)
Producer: Kenneth Bowser
Writer: Kenneth Bowser
Producer: Andy Cohen
Producer: David Tecson
Producer: Joe Cilibrasi
Producer: Josh Braun
Writer: Peter Biskind
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: D2D34062
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
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- Inspired by comments from moviemaking luminaries such as Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader, former Premiere Magazine editor Peter Biskind set about chronicling the work of 1970s filmmakers in his 1999 book EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS. After the critical and commercial success of the exhaustive tome, it seemed only natural to transfer his fascinating tales to the screen, and the Trio channel duly obl
Movie Reviews of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Movie Review: Better than some reviewers would have you believe
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with many of the reviews that EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS is a fascinating overview of American filmmaking of the 1970s. I would add to the other reviews that:
1. The reason the music was changed from the broadcast version to the DVD is simply that music rights are different for DVDs, and the producers of the DVD could not afford rights for the original music. Plain and simple.
2. The pacing is NOT slow. It's a well edited documentary and moves along well. I hadn't planned to watch it in one sitting, but I couldn't turn it off.
3. The reason that so many key figures of the time are not interviewed (Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, Coppola, Altman, Allen, Evans, etc.) I'm sure is that they would not consent to an interview (when is the last time you saw a Woody Allen interview?), or they were not available, or asked for too much money. I'm happy at the wide range of people they did interview.
4. This is a BBC production, and the Brits are much more candid in the way they deal with topics that the American networks (save sometimes PBS) won't touch. This is particularly evident in the discussion of heavy drug use in the era covered here. That much of the 70s film movement was cocaine-driven is discussed matter-of-factly in a way you just don't see on American TV documentaries. Also, some bad production decisions by some people who are interviewed (I'm thinking Peter Bart), are not glossed over. American documentaries on movie history seem mostly to promote certain films. This is warts-and-all.
5. This is a good film not only for people who have lived through the 1970s but for younger ones to understand the roots of today's film industry. Bert Schneider, for example, who I only vaguely knew about, is covered here. (Online bios of Schneider are surprisingly sketchy, even about his age. For a fascinating look at him today, search YouTube--wow.)
Summary of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
This 2-DVD set is Kenneth Bowser?s BBC-produced documentary of Peter Biskind?s controversial, best-selling book. It chronicles the evolution of a new breed of filmmaker who, in the late ?60s and ?70s, exploded old Hollywood, in the process redefining the very nature of movies. The results were edgy, impressionistic pictures?The Godfather, Easy Rider, Mean Streets, Midnight Cowboy, Rosemary?s Baby, Taxi Driver?by maverick, now-legendary directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Lucas, Altman, Polanski, Peckinpah.In bringing the celebrated book to the screen, director Bowser employed some adventurous filmmaking of his own. Narrated by William H. Macy, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls features vintage clips of the directors who defined the movement; original interviews with such directors as Arthur Penn and John Milius, actors such as Peter Fonda and Richard Dreyfus and more.
? Over 1.5 additional hours of deleted and extended footage. ? Narrated by critically acclaimed actor William H. Macy.
? Features vintage clips of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Warren Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, and others. ? Bonus disc offers "mini-docs" featuring Dennis Hopper, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, Cybil Shepherd, Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Schrader, John Milius, Peter Bart and others. ? Official Selection of Festival de Cannes 2003 and Deauville 2003 Festival du Cinema American.
This BBC production is a companion to Peter Biskind's 1998 book by the same name, an excellent dish on the 1970s American movie scene. It roughly follows the same path, tracing how maverick filmmakers revitalized Hollywood, from Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider to the triumphant quartet of Coppola/Lucas/Spielberg/Scorsese. Any fan will want to listen in as nearly 50 actors and artists remember the day. However, the star meter is on low wattage, with today's most successful directors only talked about, and seen in often bemusingly vintage clips. The better-produced, higher-star-wattage A Decade Under the Influence covers much of the same ground. An on-screen Biskind would have helped matters, but he is nowhere to be seen. Yet there are moments from the book that come to life, be it grainy home movies from Jennifer Salt and Margot Kidder's notorious beach house or Roman Polanski's emotional press conference after the murder of his wife Sharon Tate. The DVD boasts a second disc of extended interviews on numerous subjects, many of which were not covered in the 119-minute film. --Doug Thomas
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