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Movie Reviews of Flashback
Movie Review: Oh, My Back Pages
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, blame it on Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters (including "beatnik" holdover bus driver Neal Cassady). Or blame it on a recently re-read of Tom Wolfe's classic "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" that pays "homage" to Kesey, his Pranksters, their psychedelically-painted bus "Further", and their various adventures and misadventures. Or, better, blame it on Jack Keroauc and that self-same central character Cassady (as Dean Moriarty) for his "On The Road". Whatever it is I am in a kind of "back to the future" 1960s counter-cultural mood today. And what figure, at least in some senses, represented an aspect of that scene better than the late Dennis Hopper's character in the classic "Easy Rider". And with that introduction/justification as a prompt out of the way other Hooper efforts now come to mind, including this 1990 sent-up of some of the iconic figures of the 1960s, whether they deserved that status or not. Or whether, in some cases, they deserved the sent-up either, come to think of it.
In the character of Hopper's Huey Walker, of course, we have a prima facie case made out for us for not, as he self-admittedly points out, deserving that status. It seems that the fugitive from the law Huey needs an angle to get his (probably) massive memoir published but needs a little publicity hook to stir memories (and sales) from his demographic cohort (that means us, the 1960s us) . So naturally he "snitches" on himself. The plot centers on gearing up the ante on that publicity value in the process of law enforcement trying to move Huey from point A to point B, by train no less. To give Huey his just desserts and to cap off a fanciful recapture of the fugitive radical up steps a child of the 1960s children (admirers of Huey) turned renegade FBI Agent ( Borden, aka Free, played by Sutherland) who, however, in end, after myriad hijinks, comical or otherwise, and a "bonding' experience with wild man Walker finds his way back to his DNA core. It's in the genes, right?
Along the way we are treated to sent-ups of everything the 1960s stood for, from those gaudily-painted buses to the antics or some rueful now middle- aged "liberation fighters", at least according to the story writers. We are also treated to a very fetching Carol Kane as Earth Mother-last of the hippies remnant-who is holding out in...Oregon (must be something in the water, I think. Kesey slipped back there after his legal hassles were over). The rest of the plot you can see for yourselves. And you should, if only to see Dennis Hopper playing....Dennis Hopper in mid-life. He carries this thing.
Movie Review: Gold turns up in strange places
Summary: 5 Stars
Rare are five-star reviews from me, and they usually have to do with how a movie either touched me emotionally, taught me something wonderful, or gave me back something I'd lost. This did all three. Hopper is at the top of his eccentric form. He was born to play this wild role. Kiefer Sutherland brings a surprising, quiet presence to the Buckner role. Carol Kane... what to say about Carol Kane? She is dear, luminous, challenging, with the power to change this from one movie to another. In so doing, she said to me, "Remember." And with a heart opening beyond my control, I did. Not since "Hester Street" has she been in a role this worthy of her gifts. I'll be buying this one and watching it again, when I need a gentle reminder. Thanks, all concerned, and thanks to Roger Ebert for his review, an affectionate piece that savors the strength of this funny and deeply affecting film. The '60's were a hard and wonderful time. I am officially declaring all decades since to be irrelevant.Movie Review: A movie to go back to
Summary: 5 Stars
This came out when I was 3, and Mom and I still have the laserdisc version of it. This movie is a great showing about how things have changed, if what Mom says about the 60's and 70's is true. Either way, it's a very fun movie. I feel the urge to watch it at least once a year. Keifer Sutherland plays a "me generation" FBI agent who is sent to take an ex-yippie, played by Dennis Hopper, to a prison where he can serve his sentence for disconnecting Spiro Agnew's train car. The cop and the ex-yippie end up having to flee for their lives and depend on each other for their survival, even if they drive each other crazy. In the end, the cop decides to let the ex-yippie run away. The sort of twist at the very end is nice, and I smile and chuckle thinking about it. I highly recommend it to anyone born in the late 80's who feels like they should have been in college in the 60's.Movie Review: A real flashback
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a real flashback for me to the time when I was a teeager and saw this movie for the first time on one of local cable TV channels. I didn't remember the name of the movie, nor actors' names, but I remembered the plot. A funny comedy with some elements of actions and even drama. The style I like. It's a good, very kind movie, which teaches people to be tolerant, open-hearted and not to forget their roots. I thank Amazon for giving me a chance to experience wonderful moments again.Movie Review: Flashback
Summary: 5 Stars
FLASHBACK is a [great] movie. You're [crazy] if you don't buy this! A movie co-starring Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper has got to be great!. Sutherland as the conservative FBI agent and Hopper as the radical 60s activist combine for one of the coolest movies ever made (except for 1967's "The President's Analyst.") which is the all-time psycho/revolutionary/crazy movie... next to The Monkees' "Head" which is in a category all by itself, man!