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

New values ​​in the late 1960s when America was shaken

The year 1966, when this film was released nationwide, marked a turning point in America. With the Vietnam War in full swing, young people began to view their parents' generation negatively, sought freedom, and sought to create new values ​​of their own. As anti-war movements began, student movements, civil rights movements, and other movements to overhaul established values ​​took place, the images of youth portrayed in movies also changed.

A major turning point in the film world came in 1967 when `` Bonnie and Clyde '' was born, breaking the rules of established Hollywood movies that had a happy ending, and the protagonists being shown a heroic story. With the birth of the dying youth film, the flow of movies changes.

The term ``American New Cinema'' was coined in Hollywood when ``Bonnie and Clyde'' was born, but ``The Wild Angels'' was born a year earlier.

In the movie, the feelings of young people at the time are expressed in the scene where the main character shouts to a conservative pastor, ``We want freedom!'' During this time, many young people were searching for themselves, seeking freedom and liberation.

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

By the way, the title of the movie is a combination of the 1953 motorcycle movie ` `Wild One' ' starring Marlon Brando, which is said to be the origin of biker gang movies, and the real-life biker gang, the Health Angels . It seems that it was named ` `The Wild Angels''.

According to the research book on youth films published in the United States in 1971, “Rebels: The Rebel Hero in Films” (authored by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein, published by Sidell Press, not yet translated into Japan), this work is “ "It became a classic of commercial motorcycle movies, and other films were made. As a result, for some young people, it became a kind of underground popular literature."

By the way, the other movie is "Bakusou!", a motorcycle movie starring Jack Nicholson. Health Angels'' (1967, video only in Japan, directed by Richard Rush).

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