Sunday, August 24, 2008

Easy Rider

I never saw this classic until a good friend had me watch it at this place sometime back in 2005. I just caught a clip of it with the song, "The Weight," by the band, "The Band," on Youtube, and that purple mountain majesty made me remember that this is a film worth seeing again. I totally missed any references to that culture that 50 somethings new so well, but got stomped out of my knowledge with the success and merger and acquisition culture of the 1980s'. I think it's almost worth viewing from time to time just for us not to lose track of what that generation was looking for, but failed to find, and keep successfully. Lots of lessons to think about and maybe even learn here, and the soundtrack is pretty darn good too.