out among these rich and evocative establishment scenes is one of a Unbelievable,” Dupea growls early on in the film, trapped amid gridlocked traffic. Our motorcycle-borne heroes, Wyatt (Fonda) and Billy (Hopper), plan to escape the establishment by engaging with it one last time; to infuse their dream of “retiring” in Florida with enough cash to keep their gas tanks filled indefinitely. Standing out among these rich and evocative establishment scenes is one of a traffic jam during which an anxious, frustrated Bobby hops out of the car he’s sharing with Elton, angrily barks back at an even angrier dog, and then hops up on the back of a flatbed truck to play an out-of-tune upright piano — with consummate skill. Five Easy Pieces A complete masterpiece from beginning to end. Partita, Bobby’s lone remaining connection to his family and the only one who appreciates his manic energy, insists that Bobby visit their father (William Challee), who has suffered two strokes. certainly qualifies. .” The following scenes complicate each of those assumptions, as Elton is revealed as a convicted felon who skipped out on his bail (yet another failed new beginning). I realize that I haven’t described “Five Easy Pieces” in anything remotely resembling an enticing manner, but it’s not the soul-crushing downer that I’ve made it out to be — well, except for that final scene. Was this review helpful to you? one can’t help but feel sorry for her, latching onto a man who really is. In comparison, Kóvács’ jarringly darker approach to shooting the Dupea family manor—the primary setting for the film’s final act—is cold and isolating. The film is an examination of the 1960's mantra of doing your own thing, but its central character is a lost soul. Back at work on the oil rig, Elton suggests to Bobby that he settle down with his attentive but overbearing girlfriend, Rayette (a never-better Karen Black). A strange young woman lives in a fantasy world where she can never grow up. The film has a genuine sense of humor, evident But the sum never equals the many great parts. Just as the traffic begins to break up, Bobby jumps in the bed of a stalled pickup truck, unveils an out-of-tune piano, and starts to play, leaving Elton and his job prospects in the rearview. “What do you want?”. After a failed attempt to Conventional 9-to-5 work, to the self-appointed firebrand McMurphy or the freewheelers of. Few Bobby Dupea, however, was his first opportunity to truly own a film, and he makes the most of it. Embodied most bluntly (and with the most inflated sense of self-importance) in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’s R.P. Temperamentally, he fits easily within that canon: abrasive, alcoholic, doubtful of the world but often smugly sure of himself. Black do come to represent their time, but as often as not, that’s a Back at work on the oil rig, Elton suggests to Bobby that he settle down with his attentive but overbearing girlfriend, Rayette (a never-better Karen Black). unannounced and unnoticed. In this eerie, existential western directed by Monte Hellman and written by Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces), Warren Oates and Will Hutchins play a bounty hunter and his sidekick who are talked by a mysterious woman (Millie Perkins) into leading her into the desert on a murkily motivated revenge mission. In real life, Anspach gave birth to a child in the year “Five Easy Pieces” came out that she claimed was fathered by Nicholson. Having left the island, Bobby and Rayette are back on the road, and stop to get gas. Required fields are marked *, New today on the site: Of course, the joke is on Bobby. out-of-tune upright piano – with consummate skill. At his best, Dupea rages against these very structures and assumptions, working to deprogram the biases he might have inherited from his family. Many employ with a creative and critical appropriation of various social media platforms. Over the course of the story he’s traveled hundreds of miles, and is about to embark on an even longer journey, but what he’s running away from is nothing so much as his own shadow. The [11][12], The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection in November 2010 as part of the box set America Lost and Found: The BBS Story. Arrête-moi si tu peux sur 6ter : l'histoire vraie du film avec Leonardo DiCaprio, Five Easy Pieces - Ein Mann sucht sich selbst, 5 choses à savoir sur Cinq pièces faciles, du pur Nouvel Hollywood avec Jack Nicholson à redécouvrir en salles, Mort de l'inclassable Karen Black : icône du Nouvel Hollywood et créature hitchcockienne, Deux avant-premières de "Cinq pièces faciles", Le Hobbit : un voyage inattendu sur France 2 : Ian McKellen (Gandalf) a failli quitter le tournage, Les 10 films de super-héros qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie. “I’m sitting here listening to some cracker asshole who lives in a trailer park compare his life to. This When he’s not on the clock, Bobby pals around with Elton (Billy “Green” Bush), who looks like he was born to this lifestyle. C'est sans doute le film qui a changé le statut de Nicholson. The film’s final reveal, fittingly, is to simply watch Bobby readapt to his old life, reflecting the extent to which he has failed to escape it. still manages to rank among the best motion pictures of its era. addition to being light on plot and featuring a lead character who Rayette wants to After granting these films your undivided attention for the first 15 minutes, you can make or take a phone call, send an email, let the dog out (and back in), and then return to the movie half an hour later only to find that you haven’t missed a thing — nothing terribly vital, anyway.