The classic '69 biker/hippie/ counterculture flick, that really started off independent cinema in the States.
We liked it very much, once we had got into the atmosphere of the shambling, unguided, kinda funny and kinda profound world of the protagonists. This is one of those rare films that gets better the longer it goes on.
It is shot beautifully, or at least has a beautiful landscape, and if some of the tricks are a little bit dated they are still powerful.
As far as ideas go, this movie is smarter than it makes out. It has an odd ambiguity about everyone and everything, refusing to make heroic what could have easily been portrayed as such. They, as Fonda says (he is the powerhouse of the film, if less naturally entertaining than Hopper), have failed as well.
A cool film and a smart film. One not to miss.
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