On Saturday, several dozens of riders assembled in the Ranchos de Taos area in northern New Mexico, for a commemorative “Easy Rider” rally, aimed at honoring the late Dennis Hopper.
An actor, director, rider and photographer, Dennis Hopper is probably best remembered by the Easy Rider 1969 movie, a movie written together with Peter Fonda and Terry Southern, which he directed and which also stars a young Jack Nicholson. Easy Rider was one of the iconic movies for the hippie age as it brought together the freedom of the West, the freedom promoted by the hippie culture, even though it was criticized for the use of actual marijuana and other substances in certain scenes.
The city of Taos was chosen as the basecamp for launching the Dennis Hopper Day, as the actor actually lived for many years there and is also buried in that place. Plus, much of the Easy Rider movie was also shot in northern New Mexico, so honoring Hopper with a rally in the places he loved the most was a truly great idea. On Saturday, Dennis Hopper would have been 78, if it wasn’t for his death back in 2010. Karen Black, who also starred in Easy Rider, passed away in August 2013.
Taos town manager Rick Bellis acknowledges Hopper’s personality: “His image really represents the spirit of Taos. He was independent, slightly eccentric but incredibly talented. He sort of became a symbol for a whole new generation. He walked across the multicultural borders here. I think that really started with him and the movie and has continued. In the last few years, we have really become that kind of community that he saw, that there was no difference between our ethnicities and who, when and where we came from. We all came here for the same reason, that awe of nature and that spirit of the last of the wild West, that independence,” he added.
Both the local authorities and the riders who attended the first Easy Rider Rally have plans to help this even grow, with Bellis hoping to add more music and film venues in the future. Via inquisitr
The city of Taos was chosen as the basecamp for launching the Dennis Hopper Day, as the actor actually lived for many years there and is also buried in that place. Plus, much of the Easy Rider movie was also shot in northern New Mexico, so honoring Hopper with a rally in the places he loved the most was a truly great idea. On Saturday, Dennis Hopper would have been 78, if it wasn’t for his death back in 2010. Karen Black, who also starred in Easy Rider, passed away in August 2013.
Taos town manager Rick Bellis acknowledges Hopper’s personality: “His image really represents the spirit of Taos. He was independent, slightly eccentric but incredibly talented. He sort of became a symbol for a whole new generation. He walked across the multicultural borders here. I think that really started with him and the movie and has continued. In the last few years, we have really become that kind of community that he saw, that there was no difference between our ethnicities and who, when and where we came from. We all came here for the same reason, that awe of nature and that spirit of the last of the wild West, that independence,” he added.
Both the local authorities and the riders who attended the first Easy Rider Rally have plans to help this even grow, with Bellis hoping to add more music and film venues in the future. Via inquisitr
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