Saturday, October 23, 2010

Chappaqua

Wow: Ein ganzer Film, der mal den silbernen Löwen gewonnen hat, auf Youtube - Genial! Ok, den Löwen gab es 1966, umso beeindruckender!
Die Lebens- und Leidensgeschichte von Conrad Rooks, der im Alter von 13 Jahren mit Alkohol seine beachtenswerte Drogenkarriere startete, die in einem Sanatorium in der Schweiz endete...

nach dem Klick hier weiter unten gibt's (fast) den ganzen Film :-)


What do rich people do when they have too much money? Get pissed. So, it was for Conrad Rooks, who by the age of 15 was a full-blown alcoholic. Money may give you many things, but apparently not self-control or a conscience.
Rooks’ pappy owned Avon. Ding Dong, no need to worry about quitting the booze or getting a job, instead Rooks started a hobby - addiction. He jumped from booze to dope, to coke, to LSD, to peyote, then decided to get clean. Off to Switzerland, where he was given a new treatment - the sleep cure.
This is what happened to Rooks, and his story formed the basis for a 1966 movie Chappaqua, which Rooks produced, directed, wrote, and starred in. It is a mess of a film, though it picked up a Silver Medal at the Venice Film Festival, and became a “legendary” underground hit due to its association with drugs and the Beat Generation. And this is where its importance lies today: in the appearance of William S. Burroughs as Opium Jones, the brief cameos from Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovksy, and the beautiful, quite stunning cinematography by Beat film-maker, Robert Frank, who made Pull My Daisy and went on to make Cocksucker Blues for The Rolling Stones. Add to this performances by Ravi Shankar, Ornette Coleman, The Fugs, and a score by Philip Glass, there is enough going to keep interest, and the finger only occasionally on Fast Forward.
See the whole movie after the click below...

via dangerous minds.







Part 4 is not available in my country unfortunately , maybe you can get it in yours on youtube...



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