( : ) - approx running time
(A-F / A-F) - pic/sound quality
OP - video is Out of Print
UR - UnReleased on video & UltraRare!
COMING APART (1969)
Rip Torn as a psychiatrist who sets up a secret camera in his
office, recording his patients and his
sexual conquests. He also records his own slow mental
breakdown. This film is a MASTERPIECE,
done in the style of a Warhol film (long takes, abrubt edits) ...
the result is one of the best examples
Ive ever seen of a fictionalized documentary. Gut wrenching
performances by Torn and Sally Kirkland,
with lots of nudity and sexual content (originally rated X in the
60s). Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg.
(2:00) (A/A) - OP
CHAPPAQUA (1967)
Directed by Conrad Rooks; a controversial, startling, and hypnotic
mix of music and visuals
is a semi-autobiographical psycho-drama, following one addict's
journey from sickness to health,
as he heads to Switzerland for a sleeping cure. Cameos by
Allen Ginsburg and a very eerie
William S. Burroughs (1:22) (A/A)
- OP b&w / color
CISCO PIKE (1971)
Kris Kristofferson stars as a marijuana dealer trying to go straight,
and Gene Hackman
as the unbalanced narcotics officer who is blackmailing him. Also
starring Harry Dean Stanton,
Viva, Karen Black (1:40) (A/A) - UR
DEALING ... OR THE BOSTON-TO-BERKELEY
FORTY-BRICK LOST-BAG BLUES
(1972)
Directed by Paul Williams (THE REVOLUTIONARY),
based on the first book of Michael Crichton
(written with his brother under the pseudonym of Michael Douglas),
and starring Robert F. Lyons as a
laid-back college student who moves grass from Boston to Berkeley
for dealer John Lithgow.
Along the way, he falls for hippie girl Barbara Hershey.
Co-starring Charles Durning as a crooked cop.
LETTERBOXED! (1:30) (B/B) - UR
DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY (1974)
Peter Fonda stars as a crazy race driver on the lam from a
supermarket robbery,
Susan George as his wise-cracking squeeze, and Vic Morrow as the
angry cop looking
to shut them down; a drive in classic! (1:40)
(A/A) -- OP
GAS-S-S-S.... (1971)
A rare counterculture film, and the final one directed by Roger Corman. (1:20) (B/B) - UR
GREETINGS! (1969)
Directed by Brian DePalma; Robert DeNiro and Gerrit Graham star as
two friends trying
to get a third away from the draft board while searching for sexual
fulfillment in Greenwich Village;
classic and hilarious counterculture film! (1:40)
(A/A) - OP
GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT (1970s)
Directed by Brian DePalma; no review yet
GETTING STRAIGHT (1970)
Directed by Richard Rush; Elliot Gould stars as a frustrated liberal
teacher in the era of campus violence,
and Candice Bergen as his girlfriend that is prone to fits of uncontrollable
overacting. One of Gould's most
memorable roles, intense and hilarious. Co-starring Robert
F. Lyons. (2:10) (A/A) - OP
GONE IN 60 SECONDS (1977)
Directed by H.B. Halicki; the original drive in classic is basically
one long car chase through
the streets of Los Angeles; infinitely superior to the Bruckheimer/Cage
remake on a much smaller
budget (1:40) (A/A) - OP
THE HALLUCINATION GENERATION
(1968)
Just in! No review yet
THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT (1973)
Free love classic with Tippi Hedrin, James Whitmore, Don Johnson,
and Laurie Walters.
(1:45) (A/A) - OP
HI, MOM! (1970)
Directed by Brian DePalma; sequel to GREETINGS,
with Robert DeNiro
as a would-be pornographer who also bombs buildings (1:40)
(B/B) - OP
I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS (1968)
One of the few 1960s satires of the hippie culture that doesn't appear
to be concocted
by grumpy old men, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas stars Peter
Sellers as Harold Fine, a staid,
fortysomething Jewish attorney. Engaged to the equally straitlaced
Joyce (Joyce Van Patten),
Harold wistfully dreams of having a more exciting lifestyle. Through
a fluke, Harold is obliged
to drive a station wagon emblazoned with "psychedelic" imagery;
it is with this vehicle that he
picks up his flower-child brother Herbie (David Arkin), and Herbie's
groovy chick Nancy
(Leigh Taylor-Young). Rather enjoying the company of people outside
of his establishment orbit,
Harold visits Nancy at her pad, where she plies him with "hash brownies"
-- concoctions
laced with marijuana. His inhibitions released by the spiked pastries,
Harold kicks over the
traces, grows his hair to shoulder length, and embarks upon an affair
with Nancy. But when
the effects of the brownies wear off, Harold suddenly feels like
the rather foolish
middle-aged man that he is. The beauty of I Love You, Alice
B. Toklas is that it
patronizes neither the hippies nor the Establishment characters;
both groups are shown
as human beings rather than agit-prop stereotypes.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
(1:34) (A/A) letterboxed
THE MAGIC GARDEN
OF STANLEY SWEETHEART
(1970)
The first film of Don Johnson, as a naive and red-lipped young man
and his flirtation with the
counterculture. Uncut print with all nudity (even though it was
apparently taken from the very early days
of the TNT network, in the late 80s... I guess they showed films
uncut and commercial free at that time.)
(1:45) (B/B) - UR
MORE (1969)
Directed by Barbet Schroeder; one of the great psychedelic masterpieces
of all time, a film that caused a
counter-culture sensation in France that was comparable with the
American reaction to EASY RIDER.
Mimsy Farmer stars as a jaded druggie who drags a naive German man
into the world of controlled
substances on the gorgeous Mediterranean island of Ibiza.
ESSENTIAL to cult film collections, one of my
alltime favorites! classic Pink Floyd soundtrack, cinematography
by Nestor Almendros ("Days of Heaven");
includes French theatrical trailer (1:55)
(A/A) - OP
letterboxed & remastered Janus films print!
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (1971)
Al Pacino, Kitty Winn
A harrowing and unglamorized look at New York heroin addicts, one
of the first films of Al Pacino.
Costarring Kitty Winn as his naive girlfriend. (1:45)
(A/A) - OP
PERFORMANCE (1971)
Directed by Donald Cammell and Nicholas Roeg. Starring Mick
Jagger as a jaded rock singer
(big stretch there) and James Fox as a cocky gangster who's mind
is altered by Jagger
and psychedelic mushrooms. Bizarre beyond belief.
(1:50) (A/A) letterboxed - OP
THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR (1970)
A counterculture film starring Eli Wallach; no review yet
THE REVOLUTIONARY (1970)
A campus rebel (Jon Voight) allows himself to be drafted, then goes
AWOL to aid a radical
bomber (Seymour Cassel) in his attempt to kill an anti-labor judge.
Well-written
character study that refuses to take sides, and presents various
contradictory points of view.
Directed by Paul Williams (DEALING...),
Costarring Robert Duvall. (1:40) (A/A)
- UR
THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT (1970)
Starring Bruce Davison as a college boy who is pulled into the
radical movement by his hippie girlfriend (Kim Darby) (1:50)
(A/A) - OP
TAKING OFF (1971)
Directed by Milos Forman; starring Buck Henry, Audra Lindley.
No review yet.
(1:40) (C/C) - UR
THE VALLEY (1973)
Directed by Barbet Schroeder; starring Bulle Ogier as a headstrong
woman in search of
rare bird feathers in a remote New Guinea jungle; Pink Floyd soundtrack,
companion piece
to the classic head film, MORE. (1:45)
(A/A) subtitled - OP
VANISHING POINT (1971)
Starring Barry Newman as Kowalski, a speedster (in more ways than
one) trying to make it from
Denver to San Francisco in record time (on a bet)... costars
Cleavon Little as a Stevie Wonder-ish
disc jockey who is rooting for him, and Dean Jagger as a grizzled
old prospector who helps him.
Classic soundtrack by Delaney and Bonnie. Drive in classic
with a smashing ending!
(1:40) (A/A) - OP
An excellent Vanishing Point
Website, with pics, behind the scenes, and soundclips!
VANISHING
POINT MANIA
VANISHING POINT (1998)
The ultra-rare TV remake of the 1971 drive in chase film. Starring
Viggo Mortensen as a kinder, gentler
Kowalski ... he has good reasons for his run this time: his
wife is in the middle of a dangerous pregnancy,
and he is racing to her side (from Albuquerque to Boise).
All that stands in his way are arrogant, mouthy
Keystone cops and date with a 'dozer! Co-starring Steve Railsback
as the half crazed cop obsessed with
catching him (kind of like the Vic Morrow character in "Dirty Mary
Crazy Larry") ... David Keith as a
Fed that misunderstands Kowalski's motives ... Jason Priestley
(?!) as the radical radio host "The Voice"
(with a bizarre accent that sound kinda southern and kinda northern)
... and John Doe (of
X)
as the desert
biker (he also contributes to the soundtrack). Updated to
modern day with generous doses of political
correctness that almost kick it into the "camp" section ... scenes
of Kowalski on some kind of Billy Jack /
Indian soul-cleansing trip ... Kowalski turning into an anti-government
anti-hero, with the help of CNN, the
Voice, and his trusty cell-phone (after all, he is heading to Idaho)
... lots of strange, cheesy dialogue and
acting (as often happens when modern filmmakers try to intentionally
mimic the unintentionally cheesy style
of 70s drive-in films) ... and the girl on the motorcycle is only
"half naked" this time. But all in all, this is a
surprisingly well-done remake (especially for a TV movie).
They dont cheat on the ending, but Ill bet
you can guess his eventual reason for biting the bull(et)dozers
(I did in the first ten minutes).
Transferred from a PAL-SECAM video release.
(1:30) (B/B) - UR
ZABRISKIE POINT (1970)
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni; underrated counterculture film
about a boy and girl romping
through Death Valley; soundtrack by Pink Floyd and Jerry Garcia.
(1:55)
(A/A) letterboxed
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