Keep biker films other than "Easy Rider" out of time capsules as a representation of American art. Maybe put this one in a time capsule representing cultural fads that didn't work, or documentaries on how society tried to rebel and nearly destroyed it. Or maybe in a capsule involving films that had absolutely no plot and reminders of future filmmakers on how not to make a Salem. This certainly is colorful and filled with action, taking a bunch of bikers around the countryside and various peaceful communities, practically destroying every place that they visit.
John Cassavettes must have needed some fast cash for his independent classic "Faces" to be made, so he did this and possibly "Rosemary's Baby" (a genuine classic as conparred to this), and didn't look back. The general premise concerns itself with the alleged biker gang on the run after one of the members is involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed an innocent bystander, and after getting out of the city end up in a suburban community that wants no part of them. There's an election in progress oh, and one of the candidates doesn't want them there. They badger the local law enforcement to get rid of the biker gang, and this shows how they deal with trying to get them away.
If the filmmakers were trying to show any type of Injustice to these types of gangs, it didn't work because all it shows is how destructive they are and how they don't really belong anywhere in society. Freedom is one thing but the ruckus they create is another, and coming out of nowhere and acting the way they do isn't the same as riding down the highway minding their own business and being shot just for looking different. Beverly Adams will get noticed instantly for her Liza Minnelli hairstyle, even though this is a few years before "Cabaret" and Liza's doo hadn't become her keystyle at this time. You could watch this film and try to find some message in it, but the only message that it gives 50 years later is that some film makers were desperate to get anything on the screen no matter how pointless.
John Cassavettes must have needed some fast cash for his independent classic "Faces" to be made, so he did this and possibly "Rosemary's Baby" (a genuine classic as conparred to this), and didn't look back. The general premise concerns itself with the alleged biker gang on the run after one of the members is involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed an innocent bystander, and after getting out of the city end up in a suburban community that wants no part of them. There's an election in progress oh, and one of the candidates doesn't want them there. They badger the local law enforcement to get rid of the biker gang, and this shows how they deal with trying to get them away.
If the filmmakers were trying to show any type of Injustice to these types of gangs, it didn't work because all it shows is how destructive they are and how they don't really belong anywhere in society. Freedom is one thing but the ruckus they create is another, and coming out of nowhere and acting the way they do isn't the same as riding down the highway minding their own business and being shot just for looking different. Beverly Adams will get noticed instantly for her Liza Minnelli hairstyle, even though this is a few years before "Cabaret" and Liza's doo hadn't become her keystyle at this time. You could watch this film and try to find some message in it, but the only message that it gives 50 years later is that some film makers were desperate to get anything on the screen no matter how pointless.