Article: `EASY RIDER' LED THE DRUG-CULTURE TRAFFIC.(Spotlight)

Byline: Robert Denerstein

Lately, movies have been looking back at the '60s. We've seen A Walk on the Moon, a slender drama about a Jewish woman seeking new horizons in 1969. Next week we'll see Hideous Kinky, an affecting look at the attitudes that marked a decade of drift, exploration and pain. Kate Winslet plays a mother who takes her two young daughters to Morocco as she searches for spiritual awareness.

Both movies have their virtues, but maybe it's time to look at some source material. This weekend the Taos Talking Picture Festival presented a tribute to Dennis Hopper, renowned cinema bad boy, the director and actor who became a cult legend with ...

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