Wasn’t Born to Follow: Easy Rider
Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, 2004
THE COUNTERCULTURE B-movie that went overground and kick-started the rebellious auteurism of 70s Hollywood, Easy Rider is at once mildly dated and compellingly authentic.
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