This book is very funny and shows and interesting view of the 70's, as a decade and the cinema from that time. The gossip is very funny, but I think it's probably exagerated to be more interesting. But I still can see some of it being true. All the behind the scenes episodes are fascinating, as are the analysis Peter Biskind writes. I don't agree with some of them, but I stil think that they still show a good prespective. After reading this, watching the movies mentioned gets much funnier, since you almost can see what ahappened during the shooting. That's another good thing on Easy Riders, Raging Bulls; it doesn't just describe what happened, all the stories come alive in front of you. Biskind's writing is very funny, sometimes ironic and you can notice he actually loves 70's movies. It's well-written, and it's all sort of sugar coated, which works. It doesn't usually get boring, though the episodes descibed get to be a bit similt with each other. I recommend this for movie buffs and people who want to know morre about the 70's.
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