Five Easy Pieces And Its Subtle Warning

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The final scene in Five Easy Pieces in which Robert Dupea callously abandons his girlfriend while she is in the station bathroom.

One of the most haunting films set during the 1970s cultural revolution is a sleeper classic, a video icon of film buffs everywhere - Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson. It premiered in 1970.

In the film, Robert Dupea is…