THE ASTOR REVIEW

This colossal MGM production is the ’2001′ of pop culture movies; a massive, expensive visual epic exposing the Sodom and Gomorrah of what was (and maybe still is) America in the late 60s: hippie revolt, subterfuge, love-ins, desert orgies, mansions exploding, the vomit of TV commercials, idiotic consumerism, rampant greed, social clutter, young rebellious one, in fact the whole chromed lot. THis is counter-culture production at it’s finest: and a view of the USA now a reality. Audience of the time were puzzled but we now live the reality of what this film hinted at. PB

IMDB SYNOPSIS

An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology student Daria (who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert) and dropout Mark (who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot)...