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Is the opening of "Easy Rider" the most ripped off/influential film segment ever?
Posted on 2/9/25 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 2/9/25 at 6:41 pm
Literally just saw a Super Bowl commercial that used the exact same trope (Steppenwolf's 'Born to be Wild' over a highway scene), 55 yrs after the film came out.
Its so cliche now, I don't even think most audiences even know where the cliche originated.
Add that to the use of popular music in films (which Easy Rider did first), and it has to be maybe the most influential pice of filmmaking I can think of.
In that one scene, modern popular culture was born.
Its so cliche now, I don't even think most audiences even know where the cliche originated.
Add that to the use of popular music in films (which Easy Rider did first), and it has to be maybe the most influential pice of filmmaking I can think of.
In that one scene, modern popular culture was born.
This post was edited on 2/9/25 at 6:42 pm
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Posted on 2/9/25 at 7:04 pm to Jack Ruby
It's pretty overrated, and just makes me hate boomers more. The plot is absurd. Yeah, rednecks just randomly murder people in the woods and on the road. 
wut?
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Add that to the use of popular music in films (which Easy Rider did first)
wut? 
Posted on 2/9/25 at 7:07 pm to Jack Ruby
Throwing the watch is a boss move
Posted on 2/9/25 at 7:18 pm to Jack Ruby
Godfather opening
Patton opening speech
Rocky montage
Chariots of Fire
GB&U gunfight
Patton opening speech
Rocky montage
Chariots of Fire
GB&U gunfight
Posted on 2/9/25 at 7:20 pm to bad93ex
quote:Supposedly in the CUs they're Rolexes, but in the long shots -- where they could be damaged -- they're Timexes
Throwing the watch is a boss move
Posted on 2/9/25 at 7:46 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 2/9/25 at 8:43 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
Add that to the use of popular music in films (which Easy Rider did first)
Elvis has entered the building.
Posted on 2/9/25 at 10:50 pm to BobABooey
quote:You mean Al Jolson?quote:Elvis has entered the building
Add that to the use of popular music in films (which Easy Rider did first)
What ER did was popularize the device of using recordings as the "score", though this had been done by The Graduate 2 yrs before, A Hard Day's Night in '64, and in 1963 in perhaps the most brilliant example ever, in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising: As we see footage of Christ entering Jerusalem (from the silent King Of Kings) on the soundtrack we hear the Crystals' "He's A Rebel"
Posted on 2/9/25 at 11:56 pm to Kafka
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What ER did was popularize the device of using recordings as the "score", though this had been done by The Graduate 2 yrs before, A Hard Day's Night in '64
Both The Graduate and A Hard Day’s Night featured songs written for the movie, or released in conjunction with the movie, or even after the movie’s release. I think ER incorporated the use of popular music to another level.
Easy Rider took a popular song released the previous year and included it into the soundtrack or “score” of the movie.
All three movies heavily influenced pop culture and filmmaking. Easy Rider isn’t a great movie, but it was influential, even to this day.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 12:17 am to Ghost of Colby
quote:The Graduate opens w/"Sound of Silence"
Both The Graduate and A Hard Day’s Night featured songs written for the movie, or released in conjunction with the movie, or even after the movie’s release
And I don't think "He's A Rebel" was written for Scorpio Rising
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:50 am to Kafka
quote:Have never seen this.
in 1963 in perhaps the most brilliant example ever, in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising: As we see footage of Christ entering Jerusalem (from the silent King Of Kings) on the soundtrack we hear the Crystals' "He's A Rebel"
From the comments:
quote:I watched the 1st 6:14 of it before posting. Wish the shows about building choppers or restoring cars had 60's music playing instead of Reality "Stars" talking about about the bikes or cars.
@Ryan-on5on 1 month ago (edited) One of the most important underground movies of the 1960s, a seminal work whose risqué content, homo-erotic themes, and innovative marriage of stylish image and pop music tested film censorship laws, anticipated the music video, and inspired the New Hollywood generation. Kenneth Anger is one of the all-time cinema greats!
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:52 am to Kafka
Blackboard Jungle also did something similar in 1957 with "Rock Around the Clock." It plays over the opening credits and ending, and I believe it plays at least one more time during the film.
Eta: sorry, 1955.
Eta: sorry, 1955.
This post was edited on 2/10/25 at 11:59 am
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