Part 5: “We blew it”
Wyatt and Billy make it to New Orleans, but the journey has changed them, and they might not find what they are looking for
Part 4: “It’s real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace”
The central plot of Easy Rider is our two anti-heroes Wyatt and Billy (named after Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid) riding their Harley Davidson’s from LA to New Orleans in order to spend the money they got from a drug deal at the infamous Mardi Gras festival. Perhaps it’s because the festival is just […]
Part 3: Northern New Mexico
On the border between Arizona, Utah and New Mexico the riders pick up a hitchhiker. A Beatles’ stand-in look-alike dressed improbably in Bordeaux velour, Wyatt and Billy give him a ride to the New Buffalo Commune in Taos, New Mexico
Part 2: Route 66 and beyond
Riding north in Arizona towards Navajo Nation, past some of the most iconic sceneries in the American Mid-West. Some of the most breathtaking scenes in Easy Rider were shot between Wuptaki and Monument Valley, but it’s a lonely ride
Part 1: Setting forth
From LA to Arizona, through a patch of land forgotten in time. Though there are 400 miles between the coast and Valentine, Arizona, Billy and Wyatt cover this section in only the opening credits
Looking for America, with Easy Rider
Over the course of the next few weeks, Rita Lobo will be documenting the course plotted by Captain America and Billy. This Friday’s installment takes a trip on Route 66