Post by Doghouse6 on Dec 16, 2017 2:41:41 GMT
I was thinking of Putney Swope just yesterday when noticing a thread on the Film General board, "What are some good absurdist movies?" I like the terminology, "1960s Freakout Films," and I suppose there's bound to be some overlap between the two. If I had to choose, I'd say PS leans more toward "absurdist." Given the decade you've specified, there's another term that probably figures into both: "Counterculture."
Although filmed in 1970 (released in the U.S. in spring of '71), Milos Forman's Taking Off may not technically qualify, but its sensibilities are pure late-'60s, and the "freakout" angle comes from a generational point of view differing from those of most others representing your category. In so doing, it now presents a subversive aspect that mostly escaped me when first seeing it back then at the age of 18. Hard to find now (at least in the U.S.) primarily due to music licensing issues, it's worth catching if one can, and provides major roles for some who normally didn't get such opportunities:
Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry...
...along with others prior to the cusp of their fame:
Audra Lindley and Paul Benedict...
...Georgia Engel...
...Vincent Schiavelli...
...along with some faces already well-known...
...soon to be...
...or eventually to be:
Although filmed in 1970 (released in the U.S. in spring of '71), Milos Forman's Taking Off may not technically qualify, but its sensibilities are pure late-'60s, and the "freakout" angle comes from a generational point of view differing from those of most others representing your category. In so doing, it now presents a subversive aspect that mostly escaped me when first seeing it back then at the age of 18. Hard to find now (at least in the U.S.) primarily due to music licensing issues, it's worth catching if one can, and provides major roles for some who normally didn't get such opportunities:
Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry...
...along with others prior to the cusp of their fame:
Audra Lindley and Paul Benedict...
...Georgia Engel...
...Vincent Schiavelli...
...along with some faces already well-known...
...soon to be...
...or eventually to be: