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Time has been kind to this movie!

posted 8 years ago by shango7200
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This is still a very enjoyable movie with a great cast! I saw this when it opened in 1979 --the 1960s were just 10 years old! Weird--because now the 1980s seem like a hundred years ago!~
Anyway ......
One peeve I did have was in the opening--with the Aquarius song- there were TOO FEW hippies in the scene. Just for effect they should have had a bigger crowd--it would have made it more lively. It just seemed too sparse . P.S. Forget about ever filming a BIG scene in NYC anymore! Too expensive !!

"In every dimension , there's another YOU!"

[–] fanaticita 8 years ago

I watched Hair a couple of nights ago, and couldn't help but think that sometimes the 60s were a very naive time especially regarding the hippies. A lot was accomplished in the 60s, don't get me wrong, but the whole attitude of the hippies was like so childish in many ways. That's why they really were not taken seriously and faded with time. I was there, in San Francisco, and I watched the movement come and gol.

[–] dmnemaine 7 years ago

Yeah. I guess it was naive to think that war is wrong and people should be treated equally regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, etc. I guess it was naive to think that human beings might actually be able to live in peace and harmony with each other.

[–] kathykato 7 years ago

It was naive to think they could accomplish these goals by not working, not bathing, and being constantly stoned. And the sexual promiscuity and lack of protection led to the AIDS epidemic a decade later. The goals of peace snd harmony were noble, but the means of attaining them were childish.

[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

The hippies were priced out of SF long ago, but some are still around. There are good and bad eggs in any group, and I gave to tell you that some old hippies are really wonderful people. Interesting, unconventional, thoughtful, caring to other people and Mother Earth, ethical, and more concerned with spiritual goals and honest labor than materialism.

And then there are those who are, yes, selfish, unrealistic, contemptuous towards non-hippies, self-indulgent, grubby, and self-destructive. IMHO this film captures both the generosity and the immaturity of the late-sixties movement.

[–] Wuchak (8110) 3 years ago

What you say reminds me of the insights conveyed in "Tribes," which debuted six months after the Kent State shootings and was released theatrically overseas as "The Soldier Who Declared Peace" (even though it involved Marine boot camp, not Army).

Drill instructor Drake (Darren McGavin) is perplexed by draftee Adrian (Jan-Michael Vincent) because he had pegged all hippies as worthless drug-addled vagabonds and yet Adrian is the most intelligent and fit recruit in his platoon, but how can this be since he dropped out of school and is a hippie? It's a great character study.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I think the hippies in the 1960s were a LOT less childish than their counterparts in 2018. They were more intelligent and able to handle things like...nuance. Today's so-called counter-culture is all shout and no substance.

[–] fanaticita 8 years ago