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As far as classics come, Five Easy Pieces is one movie that will last for as long as people are alive. The Bob Rafelson directed picture is a study on the loner who prefers his solitary lifestyle to mixing it with the regular everyday person.
The tone of the film may seem somber at times, but as the story moves along, you get a chance to see the main character deal with his underachievement and the disappointment he sees in his family’s eyes. He even goes as far as trying to assimilate into regular circles, only to realize that he could not fit into other people’s world.
This is one of those movies in which the actor is so beside himself that you can truly see the character come to life. Jack Nicholson is known for certain aspects of his characteristics and mannerisms, but in Five Easy Pieces we get to see Nicholson at his absolute best. The man inhabits the character so much that sometimes you get to forget that it is Nicholson you are watching.
Credit must be given to Adrien Joyce and Rafelson for coming up with this absolutely brilliant story for a guy like Nicholson to inhabit. Rafelson’s direction is right on point, which must have been easier because he was involved in the initial conception of the story.
Five Easy Pieces is the rare type of film that leaves me thinking a lot about loneliness and what is behind one person’s unfulfilled greatness and the disappointment their loved ones feel when they are faced with the reality of an unchanged man.
The tone of the film may seem somber at times, but as the story moves along, you get a chance to see the main character deal with his underachievement and the disappointment he sees in his family’s eyes. He even goes as far as trying to assimilate into regular circles, only to realize that he could not fit into other people’s world.
This is one of those movies in which the actor is so beside himself that you can truly see the character come to life. Jack Nicholson is known for certain aspects of his characteristics and mannerisms, but in Five Easy Pieces we get to see Nicholson at his absolute best. The man inhabits the character so much that sometimes you get to forget that it is Nicholson you are watching.
Credit must be given to Adrien Joyce and Rafelson for coming up with this absolutely brilliant story for a guy like Nicholson to inhabit. Rafelson’s direction is right on point, which must have been easier because he was involved in the initial conception of the story.
Five Easy Pieces is the rare type of film that leaves me thinking a lot about loneliness and what is behind one person’s unfulfilled greatness and the disappointment their loved ones feel when they are faced with the reality of an unchanged man.
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