Roger Corman x Peter Fonda “The Wild Angels” Before the Dawn of American New Cinema

"The Wild Angels" synopsis

The motorcycle gang led by Heavenly Blues engages in a huge brawl with opposing groups. As a result, his friend Loser was injured and taken away by the police. Bruce quickly and systematically rescues Luther, but he dies before he can take him home. The funeral was held in Luther's hometown with sadness, but Bruce, irritated by the pastor's sermon, quickly turned the place into a frenzy.

Index

• “Antique from a bad movie” that served as the starting point for “Easy Rider”
• Director Roger Corman's production intentions
• New values ​​in the late 1960s when America was shaken
• “Prince” Peter Fonda’s coolness
• Graduates of the “Corman School”

“Antique from a bad movie” that served as the starting point for “Easy Rider”

When I watch old movies, I sometimes feel a sense of curiosity, even though I'm half astonished, thinking, ``This is how they used to make movies.'' An encounter with a movie that would never be made today. It gives me a strange feeling, as if I've come across something strange at a junk market...

The motorcycle movie ``The Wild Angels,'' starring Peter Fonda, is perhaps one of those antique youth films. When you hear this title, you might say, "I've never heard of a title like that." It's a work only known to those in the know, but the DVD was released in Japan in May 2019.

It was first released in the United States in 1966 and was a huge hit at the time, but it was shown in Japan after the release of Easy Rider (1969), which also starred Fonda and caused a social phenomenon.

The main characters of ``The Wild Angels'' are the American biker gang, the Health Angels, and the story depicts their out-of-control youth. Peter Fonda is one of the ``original'' second-generation stars of Hollywood who was popular in Japan in the 1970s.His father is Henry Fonda, a famous Hollywood actor of yesteryear known for roles such as ``Duel in the Wilderness '' (1946). Her co-star is Nancy Sinatra, and her father is Frank Sinatra, who is still immortally popular as a singer.

THE WILD The Wild Angels(c) 1966 Orion Pictures Distribution Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

It is a work in which the children of these children rebelled against their father's generation, who had achieved fame in the film and entertainment worlds. The director is Roger Corman, who is legendary as the ``king of the B-movie world.''

Director Roger Corman's production intentions