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Movies: Five Easy Pieces

The late Bob Rafelson’s supposed 1970 Jack Nicholson masterpiece depicts dodging

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Scott Holleran
Jan 11, 2023
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This motion picture studies a flat character. The character portrayed by Jack Nicholson is a drifter. He’s always worshipping whims. He has a job on an oil field with a friend with whom he scrapes in drunken bouts. The film makes it clear that he used to possess some artistic skill. This is the movie’s most interesting aspect.

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