The story starts with a drug deal down Mexico’s way where our anti-heroes, a couple of hippies Wyatt (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper) procure some cocaine. But these symbols showed how this emerging subculture became a radical force in the New Wave of cinema and replaced those more carefree chirpier movies made in the sixties. The horse being “skittish” at the sound of the bicycle, represented those from the older generations being fearful of this younger population. Both these Western types are captured together in Easy Rider showing a scene with a horseshoe being replaced in the foreground, and a motorcycle being fixed in the background. The Fondas had Henry Fonda in the former genre and his son Peter Fonda in the latter. Two leads of the classic and this motorcycle themed Western subgenre, were ironically part of a strong acting dynasty, a father and son. These two motorcycle-riding hippies showed a New Frontier with choppers, motorbike helmets and the oil industry. In this film, Peter Fonda – the star, producer and co-writer – is called “a modern western set on motorbikes”.
Easy Rider (1969) was filmed in the late 1960s and is like a bridge between those classic Westerns and these Western subgenres. In the 1980s, Space Westerns came to the fore with Outland(1981), and director Peter Hyams’ vision of High Noon (1952) in space. This featured one of The Magnificent Seven (1960), Yul Brynner as a robot out for revenge. The 1970s brought Sci-fi Westerns such as Westworld (1973). The lure and love of the Old Frontier regaled in classic Westerns with good guys and bad guys. Fonda, Hopper and Nicholson in Easy RiderĮasy Rider (1969) – Original Trailer, OldSchoolTrailers © photos by Columbia PicturesĬinema has always adored the Western genre.
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