WE’LL CONTINUE WITH OUR ORIGINAL CYCLE OF “ROAD MOVIES” THAT WAS STARTED WITH “IL SORPASSO” (EASY LIFE) AND FOLLOWED BY “THELMA AND LOUISE”…
OUR PRESENTATION FOR MONDAY JULY 14, 2014 WILL BE ” EASY RIDER ” (1969) WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INSPIRED BY DINO RISI’s “IL SORPASSO” (EASY LIFE-1962) …
“EASY RIDER” WAS DIRECTED BY DENNIS HOPPER AND FEATURED PETER FONDA, JACK NICHOLSON, KAREN BLACK AND DENNIS HOPPER…
IF YOU WERE AROUND THE FABULOUS YEAR OF 1969 AND HAVE SOME MEMORIES ABOUT IT , YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH THE REST OF US…
SINCE THE CINEMATIKI IS ALSO A CLOTHING OPTIONAL VENUE, DRESS ACCORDINGLY (1969)…
LOOKING FORWARD…
J.J. & T.S.
Cinematiki Maui 
Despite what Nicki and Don said tonight Easy Rider was the third highest grossing film in 1969 behind only Bonnie & Clyde and The Graduate. It took in $41 M in US and $60 M worldwide. It won the Cannes Film Festival First Film Award. (Prix de la première œuvre).
Again, as for the war winding down in 1969. Nixon understood that he enjoyed the support of his “silent majority” only so long as the was seemed to be winding down, which is why he kept announcing troop withdrawals : 65,500 in 69, 140,000 in 70, 160,000 in 71 and 157,000 in 1972. US casualties went from 9,414 in 1969 to 4,204 in 1970 to 300 in 1972.