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Five Easy Pieces

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Five Easy Pieces turned out to be an incredibly relatable movie for me to discuss these days. In fact, this 699th episode might get a little TOO personal as I shared plenty of things about my own life. Jack Nicholson gives one of his deepest performances as he continued to build his legend following Easy Rider the year before. Here we have universal themes of alienation, rebellion, family strife, running away from life's problems. Director Bob Rafelson's cast is good across the board, especially Jack, of course, and his all-wrong-for-him girlfriend Karen Black. His film though is mostly famous for the "piano on the truck" scene and especially the diner scene. Oh, and the ending. So hold the chicken (somewhere) and just get the man some toast as I fill you in on the happenings in Five Easy Pieces.

Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your app. Rate and review the podcast too. Also, go ahead and pick a fight with me on social media that I, like Nicholson in this movie, am bound to lose. I'm @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky. The trusty email is [email protected].

The reviews on Letterboxd have finally picked up. Check out "RyanHYES" there to find my sometimes-offbeat thoughts about movies old and new.

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Five Easy Pieces turned out to be an incredibly relatable movie for me to discuss these days. In fact, this 699th episode might get a little TOO personal as I shared plenty of things about my own life. Jack Nicholson gives one of his deepest performances as he continued to build his legend following Easy Rider the year before. Here we have universal themes of alienation, rebellion, family strife, running away from life's problems. Director Bob Rafelson's cast is good across the board, especially Jack, of course, and his all-wrong-for-him girlfriend Karen Black. His film though is mostly famous for the "piano on the truck" scene and especially the diner scene. Oh, and the ending. So hold the chicken (somewhere) and just get the man some toast as I fill you in on the happenings in Five Easy Pieces.

Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your app. Rate and review the podcast too. Also, go ahead and pick a fight with me on social media that I, like Nicholson in this movie, am bound to lose. I'm @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky. The trusty email is [email protected].

The reviews on Letterboxd have finally picked up. Check out "RyanHYES" there to find my sometimes-offbeat thoughts about movies old and new.

  continue reading

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