A Hippy Dippy Rock and Roll Youth Vs. The Establishment Film

Spoiler alert!!!!!

Yep, it's a cheesy 1960's exploitation film, but you do not realize what impact ideas like this had on young people in the late 1960's, There were riots in the streets against the Vietnam war, and the younger generation, that is, those born during/after world war 2 wanted change! They were sick and tired of their parents generation's hypocrisy. As much as the parents in those days were against rock and roll and drugs, they forgot their own childhoods, with that scandalous form of music called JAZZ and bathtub gin and oh yes, believe it or not, REEFERS.

Ask someone who is now in their 80's what their youth was like and what music they listened to and what their parents thought of it. Every generation has its' favorite music and fashions, etc.

Drugs were a serious problem in this country in the late 1960's, as the young people were rebelling against those people 'over 30'. LSD was a big deal, as were pot, mescaline and heroin.

If you don't know the history of the 1960's, look it up. It was perhaps one of the most turbulent decades in modern history!

This film exploits that youthful need to party and feel 10 feet tall, bullet proof and immortal.

The war sucked, as do all wars, and the discontent of the young people was shown in this film. The idea of rounding up all the adults over 30 and putting them in camps, high on acid 24-7 was a bit Hitler-esque, I must say, but I am amused by this movie. I love seeing Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Sr. & Hal Holbrook as the 'old folks'.

Don't dismiss this film as 'just another dumb exploitation movie'. The famous rock song in the film 'The Shape of things to Come' is groovy, baby!

Peace!