“We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our Great War is a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives.”

This is the best and most beloved film of my generation. Not only was it the wildest mind bender in the history of film, but was filled with philosophical themes that critisize American culture. Mass consumerism, materialism, religion, obsession with violence and fear of abandonment. (considering practically everyone from my generation comes from a family of divorced parents.) Perhaps, you have to be young to understand this film. Everyone I know from my parent’s generation thinks this movie is too weird. Like Bonnie and clyde, Easy Rider and The Graduate before it, this is the movie that gives voice to a generation. We were born and bred into the media culture, and we are now cynical of it. Perhaps, it was this movie that showed us how pathetic this way of life really is.
By: Tom Hagan