EASY RIDER (1969) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Valerio's
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Two social dropouts, having completed a profitable drug deal in Los Angeles, drive across America to attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Directed by and starring Dennis Hopper, and also starring Robert Redford and Jack Nicholson; with music by the Band, the Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, and Steppenwolf. Winner of the Camera d’Or (Best First Film) at the Cannes Film Festival.
“truer to the country’s extant frontier-pushing impulse than the plot of any Western” - The New Yorker
“remains timeless for its diagnosing of the early stages of a social ennui that’s now fully bloomed.” - Slant
“a film of, by, and for the stoned” - Esquire
Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
MetaCritic: 85% Must See
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Please note that registration for this event closes at noon on the day before the film.
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5:50 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Valerio’s, 12405 Mayfield Road. Since Valerio’s a bit up the hill on Mayfield, we will take one (or, if necessary, two) cars from the Cinematheque parking lot to restaurant and back. Click here for the menu
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