The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart 1970 LP Soundtrack

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US 1970

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Film based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Robert T. Westbrook, the movie is about 23 year old Columbia University dropout (Stanley Sweetheart) who seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.

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A drug and sex-crazed trip down hippie-lane...

Freak-out anything-goes flick from 1970, does a great job of capturing east-coast hippie scene. Some of the scenes from this movie must have been very shocking to the few who saw it upon its initial release, as it pulls no punches in its depiction of nudity and sex and sex and nudity. More or less, this movie seems to have been made to reflect the emerging sexual openness and promiscuity of the time. Not much of a story line, but entertaining to watch, i would recommend it for those looking for a fix of late '60's/early '70's underground culture. A definite drug movie. Do not watch while operating heavy machinery...

Further than far out and easily one of the coolest counterculture films I've ever seen (I can certainly understand why Andy Warhol called it "the quintessential, most truthful studio-made film about the 60's counterculture"). There's nothing really special about it, but I had a huge smile on my face for the entire running time. For one thing, sex, rock and roll, and drugs are all extremely prevalent in the film. Stanley is one hilariously horny dude (actually pretty much everyone here is), Michael Greer performs some phenomenal acid rock during a couple of scenes, complete with your typical 60's lightshow and beautiful people dancing without inhibition, and Stan's hallucinations are gold. The film makes you want to drop out with him at first, but during the final scene the trip goes south FAST, and afterwards you'll probably never wanna go near a marijuana or an LSD again! Plus it's disorientating in that it switches back and fourth between the real world and Stanley's fantasies (even when he's not tripping), and you never know what's actually happening versus what's in his head. I also appreciated the honesty of his character. He's a flawed motherfucker alright, but Don Johnson/Leonard Horn/Robert Westbrook evoked plenty of humanity out of him as well. All of the acting was surprisingly good actually. Otherwise, the movie didn't feature much else for substance. It's definitely not a thought-provoking New Hollywood movie or anything like that, but as an era snapshot, "time travel pill", it's perfect. In fact, it might even replace Psych-Out as my favourite hippie film of the era (that isn't Easy Rider or Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music). I'm sure only a niche audience will be able to truly appreciate it, but for me this was an absolute ball and I loved it from start to finish.

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