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A self-styled "urban guerrilla" in Greenwich Village is sent on various assignments across the country by a mysterious "commander."
Release : | 1982 |
Rating : | 3 |
Studio : | |
Crew : | Production Design, Cinematography, |
Cast : | Peter Coyote Jim Haynie Danny Glover Scott Beach O-Lan Jones |
Genre : | Drama Mystery |
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
An oddball comedy depicting twenty years in the life of a mercenary road warrior. Starring: Peter Coyote, Danny Glover. This film was terrible. This film was terrible. A film of confusing and non-empathetic film characters that jumps around so that the viewer cannot follow the action. This film is so bad in all aspects of movie making that it appears to have been made by complete amateur story tellers. The actors don't help much by their on screen work. Utterly unwatchable for the viewer and UN satisfying on ANY level. Casting and acting was NOT believable. The over all review of this film was that the script was too bland and needed a 'punch' or colorful finish.
Without exception this is the worst movie I have ever forced myself to sit through. In fact, this movie was so bad that I actually registered to this site so that I could give it a vote of 1 out of 10. The only good thing I can say about this movie is that it should give any future director hope.... if this move can be produced, any movie can. Do not watch unless you have already identified masochistic tendencies in your sexual preferences. I value my time and feel as if these hours could have been better spent watching paint dry. The latter would have been far more entertaining and stimulating. My mind at this moment feels like a bucket of half-dried cement. I agree with another user's comment: the careers of Peter Coyote and Danny Glover should have ended right here. For the sake of all peoples everywhere, please add a warning label to the cover of your movie if it is going to be even half as unbearable as this one. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get drunk and hopefully forget all about this painful experience.
Would be interesting to know if Peter Coyote and Ronald Sukenick were old friends. I'm wondering if Peter assisted Ronald in writing it. The movie contains many elements similar to what Peter experienced during his days in the 60's. To understand, read "Sleeping Where I Fall". How many movies/writers has Peter influenced and inspired to write of his, and others personal experiences from the 60's. Sometimes I wonder if Peter is trying to tell us something which he is unable to openly acknowledge. Is Peter telling us in a "code" what happened back then and that someday it will all come to light? Someday, maybe after his death, a manuscript will surface telling us what it was he was saying. The basic theme of being directed by a mysterious entity to commit acts reminds me of the Manson family. Peter, who was your Charlie? I think the movie is a cult classic. A brief glimpse into what many experienced in the 60's. Magic, wonder and a profound peek into the depth of being.
This appears to be an allegorical film about the stages many of the 60's radicals went through as they drifted into the 80's. At first, it was about destruction of the system and a creation of an "anti- system." They pass through various stages of identity as they try to find themselves, including Native American teachings and "new age" connections to whales and so forth. Finally, they end up with families and celebrating the Fourth of July on the beach.The stuff about reading minds, I think, is an allegory for how these people thought alike, or perhaps some tribute to Jung's "collective unconscious," or both.In the end, when Nixie/Dixie disappears into the ocean, I think what is being said is that these people were no longer unique (as radicals), but "disappeared" into the "ocean" of everyday people living everyday lives. The final images of the amusement park, then, may be allegory for the USA itself.The thing is, even though I think I understand what the film was trying to say, I still think it blows and that I wasted my time watching it. Thankfully, most people who will be duped into buying the DVD by Danny Glover's and Peter Coyote's pictures on the cover (as I did), will be getting it from the "bargain bin," and paying only a dollar or so for it. As for the 88 minutes spent watching it...