easy rider

i don't think much of easy rider. after watching the commentary i understand it's history and it's important.

but i think it's obvious. maybe that's because i'm from new york city and i take a lot of the aesthetics and ideas in that movie for granted. i watched that wanting to see more of the southerners. i want to know their villainy better, that's what's mysterious and interesting for me. how're those people so flat out evil? what're they afraid of? what do they believe in? and that's definitely a super specific response for me to have, coming from where i come from. but apart from that there's billy being a moron and wyatt being real goddamn cool and some other weirdos i found interesting chiefly insofar as people want to murder them. THAT's the crazy part. tell me about goiter man! about a Louisiana sheriff!

when'd the left lose the american flag? peter fonda looks damn good in that jacket.

also, it's hilarious that this movie, this journey, this exploration of counter culture, is founded on the profit of middle-manning. buy from the poor, sell to the rich, keep the money and mess with the system, or something.