To ask other readers questions about easy riders, raging bulls, please sign up. Star book by peter biskind official publisher page. In this compulsively readable and constantly surprising book, peter biskind, the author of the film classics easy riders, raging bulls and down and dirty pictures, writes the most intimate, revealing, and balanced biography ever of hollywood legend warren beatty. Easy riders, raging bulls audiobook by peter biskind. Find books like easy riders, raging bulls from the worlds largest community of readers. Buy a cheap copy of easy riders, raging bulls book by peter biskind. He said he had no direct knowledge and so didnt print anything in that vein. Nov, 2016 easy riders raging bulls rock n roll hollywood audiobook by peter biskind part 1 dewayne lee. In fact, to see this book as anything less than comical behavior is to rob yourself of the greatest pleasure of easy riders, raging bulls. Easy riders raging bulls rock n roll hollywood audiobook by peter biskind part 3. It was an era of personal filmmaking, and i felt it was relevant. In the former, dennis hopper plays an aging 60s dissident, busted after 20.
Reading this book and hearing that will make you laugh. Easy riders, raging bulls begins in the late 60s as the major hollywood film studios were suffering massive losses when expensive blockbusters began to fall out of favor and a new generation of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In easy riders, raging bulls, peter biskind takes us on the wild ride that was hollywood in the 70s. How the sexdrugsand rock n roll generation save kindle edition by biskind, peter. The people who dwell there create fictions for a living, fictions that refuse tidily to confine themselves to the screen, but spill over into the daily lives of the men and women who regard themselves as stars in the movies of their own lives. Easy riders, raging bulls librarything catalog your books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This was the era of movies like the godfathers, chinatown, shampoo, nashville, the french connection, the last detail, annie hall, jaws, the last picture show, mean streets, raging bull, and so on, a group of pictures that towers over the product hollywood is releasing today. Without resorting to the romantic hyperbole that pervades peter biskinds easy riders, raging bulls. How the sexdrugsand rock n roll generation save ebook written by peter biskind.
Goodreads members who liked easy riders, raging bulls also liked. Is there an online database of book spine pictures. And, this is the book to help you along that journey. It was about the explosion of independents in the 90s and secondly i felt like i had gone into peoples personal lives in my previous book, easy riders, raging bulls, because that was about hollywood in the 70s. How the sexdrugand rock n roll generation saved hollywood, a rollicking gossippropelled magiccarpet ride through the heady days of the 70s has exhibited incredible staying power as well as lasting impactand not just because several of its subjects are still active in the business. Books similar to easy riders, raging bulls goodreads. Hollywood filmmaking in the studio era, the great movies. This book was written by peter biskind who was the executive editor of premiere magazine and is also the author of easy riders, raging bulls. Its a great one to pass on, and it paved the way for allegorical books like paulo coelhos the alchemist. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read easy riders raging bulls.
I feel like i need to check into rehab after having read this book. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood 1999 by peter biskind. How the sexdrugsand rock n roll generation changed hollywood. Not only is peter biskinds easy riders, raging bulls the best book in recent memory on turnofthe70s film, it is beyond question the best book well ever get on. Books like that could only be born at a time when movies really mattered. Few film history books proved that as well as easy rider, raging bulls. Buy easy riders, raging bulls 1st edition by biskind, peter isbn. While not a manual on filmmaking, peter biskinds easy riders is essential reading in order to fully. Biskinds book is structured like an intricate 19thcentury novel, with dozens of fascinating subplots combining to form a complete portrait of a time. Yes, it has the gossip, but its far more than just that. Easy riders, raging bulls is also more than a fistful of dazzling anecdotes. Easy riders raging bulls rock n roll hollywood audiobook by peter biskind part 2. May 17 hubris sent it up and hubris brought it down. We are talking about american films icarus decade, the 1970s, one of the two richest.
Peter biskind is a cultural critic and film historian. Apr 29, 1998 but then again, its really a book about excess. An unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock n roll onscreen and off, easy rider heralded a heady decade in which a rebellious wave of talented young filmmakers invigorated the movie industry. For a closeup view of the 1970s, the last golden age of hollywood at least as we see it through a rosetinted rearview mirror and an. Biskind offers this apologetic sentiment as one of his conclusions. In 1969, a lowbudget biker movie, easy rider, shocked hollywood with its. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood. Id like to bury it, says the film historian, who was the executive editor of the. Easy riders and raging bulls captures the era perfectly and the stories behind the stories are enthrawling. But easy riders, raging bulls views even its heroes scorsese, coppola. Easy riders, raging bulls by peter biskind goodreads.
Golden age seldom seems like a golden age when youre living through it. For casual moviegoers, easy riders, raging bulls may not be worth the investment, but for the true film lover, it is money well spent. Easy riders, raging bulls is about the 1970s hollywood, a period of american film known for the production of such films such as the godfather, the godfather part ii, chinatown, taxi driver, jaws, star wars, the exorcist, and the. It is chock full of interviews and choice information about the time period 60s70s in american cinema that changed everything, for a lot better and some for not.
One of the more curious quotes in easy riders, raging bulls comes from terry southern, the principal screenwriter of easy rider. Well, i think peter biskinds books are in a league of their own, very informative and interesting. Easy riders raging bulls rock n roll hollywood audiobook by peter biskind part 1 dewayne lee. Just rereading this excellent book and am after some recommendations for similar books, especially ones that might cover the 80s blockbuster period, kinda where errb left off.
In my mind, the ending of easy rider was to be an indictment of bluecollar america, the people i thought were responsible for the vietnam war. But in the kind of popularized pseudohistory easy riders, raging bulls exemplifies, anecdotes are valued above all else, bitchy gossip is privileged, dysfunction is automatically more fascinating than artistic success, aggrieved former friends and former lovers are granted the license to settle scores sometimes anonymously, documentation is disdained and historical analysis must be squeezed into. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood, i share the view that for a variety of social and economic reasons, the best american directors in that era were able to make highly personal and challenging films, the likes of. How the sexdrugsand rock n roll generation changed hollywood biskind, peter on. The 1970s was the last golden age of hollywood film. This book is so goddamn well written, i was like, i dont want to know these things about these people, my heroes, but then i made the mistake of leaving it by my bedside table, and it was like a bag of pot, with me saying.
Methodically, as thrillingly as a movie attorney, biskind builds the case that hollywood was revived by wild ones who then betrayed their own dreams, slit their own throats and destroyed an art form by producing that mindless, inhuman modern behemoth, the blockbuster. Would you listen to easy riders, raging bulls again. If you like easy riders, raging bulls you might like similar books down and dirty pictures. They take up lots of space and are very heavy when i move. Mar 09, 2003 a documentary like easy riders, raging bulls should be the kind of documentary i should like more.
Miramax, sundance, and the rise of independent film, the kid stays in the picture, how to watch a movie, the genius of the system. Jun 09, 2018 books like that could only be born at a time when movies really mattered. Not only is peter biskinds easy riders, raging bulls the best book in recent memory on turnofthe70s film, it is beyond question the best book well ever get on the subject. Easy riders raging bulls book by peter biskind official.
In 1969, a lowbudget biker movie, easy rider, shocked hollywood with its stunning success. Famously a playboy, beatty has also been one of the most ambitious and successful stars in hollywood. Easy riders, raging bulls by peter biskind this is a look back at american cinema in the 70s, which was this huge shift from the big movie studios to the scorseses of. Easy riders raging bulls rock n roll hollywood audiobook. Although this book tells readers altogether more than they may wish to know about the hollywood of the. It was the 1990 comedy flashback that sparked my interest in easy rider 1969 when i was eight or nine years old. Joseph mcbrides books on hollywood include steven spielberg. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading easy riders raging bulls. Peter biskind is the author of five previous books, including easy riders, raging bulls. It will also remind you of a time when movies really mattered sigh. F, 1999, first touchstone ed, peter biskind, easy riders, raging bulls, how the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood, softcover, 14x22cm, 506 very white unmarked pp, a tight square fresh unmarked copy, like new, no signatures, no marks, no creasing.
How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood 9780684857084 by biskind, peter and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Easy riders, raging bulls author peter biskind looks back. When, as biskind wrote in easy riders, raging bulls, film was no less than a secular religion. Few film history books proved that as well as easy rider. Not only is peter biskinds easy riders, raging bulls the best book in recent memory on turnofthe70s film, it is beyond question the best book therell ever be on the subject. Not only is peter biskinds easy riders, raging bulls. Easy riders, raging bulls follows the wild ride that was hollywood in the 70s an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock n roll both onscreen and off and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood biskind, peter on. He was the editorinchief of american film magazine from 1981 to 1986, and the executive editor of premiere from 1986 to 1996. Michael ovitz promises a memoir, but truly great hollywood. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood 1999 by peter biskind while not a manual on filmmaking, peter biskinds easy riders is essential reading in order to fully understand the foundations on which modernday hollywood was built. Jul 18, 2014 easy riders, raging bulls author peter biskind looks back at the new hollywood. Until reading easy riders, raging bulls i hadnt realised how important bonnie and clyde was to the rise of the auteur.
He is a contributor to vanity fair and was formerly the executive editor of premiere magazine. How the sexdrugsandrock n roll generation saved hollywood is a book written by peter biskind and published by simon. It is a very readable history of the independent film business from its beginnings as subtitled foreign movies in art houses to the development of american films made outside of the studio system. I still get residuals, biskind says of the book that also became the basis of an.
Sep 27, 1998 one of the more curious quotes in easy riders, raging bulls comes from terry southern, the principal screenwriter of easy rider. What other book might you compare easy riders, raging bulls to and why. Yes, ive listened to this about 5 times now, and overtime is as good as the first. Peter biskinds first two books didnt leave much of a mark on the literary world. Easy riders, raging bulls author peter biskind looks back at the. He lives with his family in columbia county, new york. Books films articles about news contact books films articles about news contact.
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