The Book Depository Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind
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Description: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9780747544210 : : 27 Sep 1999 : The definitive look at how the 70s movie makers changed the face of cinema. The Book Depository Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Arynth
Rating: 5
Review: Excellent read. Some parts have clearly aged where it comes to language on race and women but this expansive look at the currents of 1970s cinema is phenomenal. Every single director covered is given detail and exposed not just for their PR-crafted genius but for their routinely unacceptable behaviour, their callowness, their capriciousness, their narcissism, their insecurities. You're left with a cast of characters who changed the world of film (often for the worse) in fits and bursts, usually imploding along the way. A must-read for anyone interested in cinema. The biggest a-hole in the bunch? Probably Dennis Hopper.
Author: Partick Potter
Rating: 2
Review: There is plenty of good stuff in this book but a hell of a lot of clutter to get through to get to it. I really enjoyed getting inside films that I grew up with in the 70s but, for me reading this book as a fan of the films not the background machinations, far too much of the book covered endless squabbles between various players in the industry. This was ok at the start but got tedious as, basically, the same story was repeated throughout the book with different characters, depending on the film being made, fighting (and f*****g) among themselves. If you're into Holywood and like the backstory as much as what goes on the big screen, you could well love this book. Just not for me.
