Cinema series “Cinema and Asphalt. The American Road Movie”. Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication

Cinema series “Cinema and Asphalt. The American Road Movie”. 

Easy Rider (1969)

Direction Dennis Hopper; Script: Terry Southern, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper; Music: Steppenwolf, Mars Bonfire, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, Roger McGuinn; Photography: Laszlo Kovacs; Actors: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Luana Anders, Toni Basil, Mac Mashourian, Warren Finnerty. 

Synopsis: Two young bikers from Los Angeles set off a journey to New Orleans. They ride across the whole country in order to discover America. After selling cocaine to a man from Los Angeles, Billy and Wiatt (alias Captain America) they attend to the party Merdi Gras. Soon, they take up the journey and they come across very eccentric characters; among them a rancher and his family, or an autostopista of a hippie commune, after being arrested in a village for not having diving lessons Their cell-mate, who is a drunk lawyer, does them a favour taking them out from prison and then he decides to join them.

All sessions will be in original version with subtitles, digital screening, with presentation and discussion

Free entry, limited seating capacity