In Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind takes us on the wild ride that was Hollywood in the '70s, an era that produced such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Shampoo, Nashville, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. 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. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003) a documentary based on Peter Biskind’s novel, was screened at the Cannes festival the year of its release.In 1969, a low-budget biker movie, Easy Rider, shocked Hollywood with its stunning success. (2000) explores mutual influences and relations between the world of US politics and film industry. His studious documentary, Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997), in which he interviewed figures such as Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese and Peter Falk, is a detailed career review of the famous US director of Italian origin.

He specialized in documentaries which take stories about American culture as themes. His debut film was a feature, In a Shallow Grave (1988), an adaptation of a novel by a controversial writer, James Purdy. He makes feature-length documentaries and long features. Kenneth Bowser is a US film and TV director, scriptwriter and producer. Bowser’s film, following a book by Peter Biskind, finds a tragic mistake which caused the demise of every individual filmmaker from the group as an author, and sheds light on the end of this era when Hollywood became what we know of it today. This period, dubbed the New Hollywood in the history of film, is unique for its artistic freedom and almost unlimited control which bosses of big studios gave to movie makers. Under the influence of the auteur theory and the European New Wave, those young cineasts made movies which made it possible for Hollywood magnates to reach new generations of film audiences. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood is a documentary exploring the rise and demise of a generation of film directors who changed for good the way in which Hollywood films were shot, produced and distributed.

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