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Mar 16, 2003 · "Five Easy Pieces" was a fusion of the personal cinema of John Cassavetes and the new indie movement that was tentatively emerging. It was, you could say, the first Sundance film. Nicholson was not the film's only discovery.
When we sense the boy, tormented and insecure, trapped inside the adult man, "Five Easy Pieces" becomes a masterpiece of heartbreaking intensity.
An important touchstone of the New Hollywood era, Five Easy Pieces is a haunting portrait of alienation that features one of Jack Nicholson's greatest performances. Read Critics Reviews
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Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 31, 2023. Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand. If 'Easy Rider' is the epitaph for the sixties, 'Five Easy Pieces' ushers in the silver age of personal...
"Five Easy Pieces" is one of those "flawed" movies that has several excellent scenes, some outstanding performances, and very often features ingenious direction. But the sum never equals the many great parts. Why? For one thing, character motivations are often opaque.
Sep 12, 1970 · Five Easy Pieces: Directed by Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg. A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.
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Jun 29, 2015 · Five Easy Pieces is the best example of what BBS meant to do about that. It’s a profoundly American story, rooted in distinct personalities and locations, and though it has the gradually unfolding quality of a great novel, it’s still highly cinematic. (And not an adaptation.)
