![]() ![]() Instead of riding horses, they drive motorcycles. Easy Rider also stands as a revisionist western that usurps and updates the classic Hollywood western film consider how Wyatt and Billy are named after western icons, yet look, act and think so differently from those real-life characters.It’s a wildly experimental film in narrative and editing style while some of its techniques, like the stagger-ific flash forwarding to future scenes, may no longer be effective or in fashion, this was a completely unique film for its time or any time-not a cookie cutter production that colored within the lines.This, along with a few predecessors like The Graduate and Bonnie and Clyde, helped rewrite the rules of American film by introducing more adult situations, profanity, nudity, and drug use and effectively ending the censorship era.Even if it looks and feels dated 50 years later, it serves as a fascinating snapshot of the late 1960s and the lessons we can learn from that era and the people this film mattered to at that time.It’s also one of the first examples of a movie catering to audiences who had grown increasingly dissatisfied with and suspicious of the government and the establishment consider all the cynicism, mistrust and pessimism we see directed toward the police, the military, politicians, and the American dream in subsequent movies, particularly in the early to mid-1970s. This film spoke to them in ways that no previous movie had because it presented characters and themes that represented their generation and its hopes and dreams. It’s a time capsule of a film that depicts what was in the public consciousness in the late 1960s, a time when the counterculture and the young generation was searching for answers, power and respect.Why is this movie worth celebrating all these years later? Why does it still matter, and how has it stood the test of time? Last week, CineVerse took a time machine back to the summer of 1969 to rediscover this relic what surprised our group was how powerful a testament to a time and generation the film remains. But dare to look deeper and you'll find rivulets of undeniable truth spurting from virtually every seam on this faded denim feature. Yes, it's creaky in parts, and the late 1960s may feel as irrelevant today as the Prohibition era did then. On its impending golden anniversary, "Easy Rider" has the ability to shake off the cobwebs and shine with a luster befitting its age and stature. Wyatt and Billy may have blown it, but "Easy Rider.A film that should be on your bucket list. ![]() The old man and the see (it before you die).Adventure and romance in Africa - Hollywood style.One dandy of a film just before the 4th.This style is preferred by reiners as a transition bit, and by trail riders, but the versatility of this bit makes it a great choice for any style of riding. Reinsman's Golden Glide bushings further enhance the smoothness of the independent cheek movement allowing for more precise cues. The 6" swept back cheeks make this bit fairly soft and the combination of the Modified Billy Allen and the swiveling cheeks make it easy to isolate each side of the horse's mouth. The rust creates a sweet taste for the horse, making the bit more acceptable and increasing salivation for a supple mouth. Sweet iron naturally rusts into a light patina. The center barrel has limited movement preventing the bit from scissoring down into the tongue or up into the palate, but has plenty of rotation. Reinsman's Modified Billy Allen has more mullen relief than the standard Billy Allen giving it an ergonomic fit resulting in soft and even pressure across the tongue, bars and lips. The Sweet Iron Modified Billy Allen is a great all around mouthpiece and the perfect choice for a horse with a low palate.
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