A man in search of the United States of America. A country he never found. Is this the story of Peter Fonda, who died yesterday, August 16? An action hero, Peter Fonda never was. Tall, even slaggy, introverted and sensitive, he rather corresponded to his parade role as "Captain America" in Easy Rider. And his films? An inconspicuous collection of B-movies. Somehow Peter Fonda's image was tried to be exploited again. And again. Big movies like The Hired Hand, stand there all alone in a wide landscape. I think The Hired Hand can be considered the only Western that is allowed to follow Easy Rider at all! Then, at the end of his 50s, he made an artistic comeback. In Ulee's Gold he plays Ulysses Jackson, a beekeeper from Florida. Introverted. What is going through the mind of this man, the only survivor of a Vietnam unit? A lonely man. But he loves his work. Is Ulysses Jackson Peter Fonda's alter ego? For me, Fonda is an uncompromising person. A freedom-loving person! America's last hippie!
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