{"id":1319,"date":"2006-08-30T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2006-08-30T17:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2021-10-24T12:41:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T19:41:13","slug":"wild-angels-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Wild Angels, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We wanna be free to do what we wanna do.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Poster-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Poster-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Poster-80x128.jpg 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of California Hell&#8217;s Angels, led by Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda), wreak anti-social havoc by riding recklessly, drinking, doing drugs, and molesting innocent individuals. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Diane Ladd Films<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Gangs<\/li>\n<li>Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Peter Fonda Films<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, Roger Corman&#8217;s <em>Wild Angels<\/em> is a &#8220;despicable film that thrives on brutality, vulgarity, [and] cheap thrills&#8221;, and is not worth the talents of either Corman or scriptwriter Charles B. Griffith. As a (female) motorcyclist myself, I&#8217;m somewhat sensitive to how bikers are portrayed, and this exploitation flick simply reinforces every negative stereotype in existence. The characters here are all &#8220;intolerable and what they do is offensive&#8221;. Indeed, it&#8217;s impossible to have any sympathy whatsoever for the Angels&#8217; anti-establishment sentiments: rather than strategically rebelling against &#8220;The Man&#8221;, they simply degenerate into vile anarchistic chaos. Meanwhile, most of &#8220;the acting is bad&#8221; (though I like Diane Ladd&#8217;s performance as Dern&#8217;s lover), and &#8220;the wild camera work only calls attention to [the] plot[&#8216;s] deficiencies&#8221;. Be forewarned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diane Ladd as Gaysh<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-1024x523.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-1536x784.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd-529x270.png 529w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Wild-Angels-Ladd.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though film fanatics may be curious to check it out once simply for its cult status and for its place in film history as the first of the &#8220;outlaw biker&#8221; exploitation subgenre. But expect to be annoyed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061189\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s220wild.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We wanna be free to do what we wanna do.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of California Hell&#8217;s Angels, led by Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda), wreak anti-social havoc by riding recklessly, drinking, doing drugs, and molesting innocent individuals. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bruce Dern Films Counterculture Diane Ladd Films Dick Miller Films Gangs Motorcyclists Peter Fonda Films Roger Corman Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, Roger Corman&#8217;s Wild Angels is a &#8220;despicable film that thrives on brutality, vulgarity, [and]&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1319\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77682,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions\/77682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}