It's almost as if the filmmaker was worried-and rightfully so-that he wouldn't be able to get people to admit to their debauched behavior. Bowser focuses more on the creative and business side of the '70s, and while the sex and drugs are present they don't share center stage as they did in the book. But like a vast majority of movies based on books, there is much that never makes it to the screen. On some levels, Bowser's film succeeds, acting almost like a brief, CliffsNotes version of the book. But despite all the salacious details about Hollywood's movers and shakers of the 1970s, Easy Riders also offered great insights into how some of the most important films of the era came to be, and how filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese rose to power.īased on Biskind's book, Kenneth Bowser's documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls attempts to capture much of the magic of the tome from which it draws inspiration. As much about who was snorting what and was banging whom, Biskind's book became a must-read among serious film fans. Peter Biskind's 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood was a trashy, gossip-ridden page-turner that delved into the last great era of American film.
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