The Monologist and the Fighter: An Interview with Bob Rafelson Rainer Knepperges and Franz Müller April 2009 Conversations on Film For any scholar of the so-called New American cinema of the late ’60s and early ’70s, the career of Bob Rafelson makes for an interesting case study. A wide-ranging interview with the director of Five Easy Pieces, Stay Hungry and Mountains of the Moon.