Deservesrecognitionasaninterestingmisunderstandingofthehallucinationgeneration,20January2007 AuthorTimothyFarrellfromWorcester,MA WildintheStreetscomesfromthesameschooloffilmmakingthatspawnedotherattemptstoconnecttothecounterculturesuchasSkidooandCandy.ThedifferencebetweenthisandtheaforementionedfilmsisthatWildintheStreetsisreasonablycleverandwell-made.Itisn'tsympathetictothecountercultureandwilllikelyoffendthosewithfondmemoriesofthetime.Surprisingly,itwasabighitwhenreleasedandappealedtotheyouthwhomitridiculedsomuch.UnlikeTheTripandPsych-Out(twootherAIPfilms),itsnotanaccuraterepresentationofthemovementatall.Howeveritdoesworkassocialsatire. ThedirectionbyBarryShearisgoodandmakesinnovativeuseofsplitscreenphotography.Plus,hekeepseverythingmovingataquickpace.Initsfunnymoments,thefilmworkswell.Initsattemptsatdrama,itshelplesslydatedandjustasfunnyasthehumorousmoments.ChristopherJonesunderplayshisroleandShellyWintersoveracts.HalHolbrookoffersthebestperformanceandDianeVarsiachievestherightnoteofgrooviness.ThescriptbyRobertThomhasitsmoments,especiallytheending(easilythemostingeniouspartofthefilm).WildintheStreetsisn'tperfect,butdeservesrecognitionasaninterestingmisunderstandingofthehallucinationgeneration.Thoseintothiskindofkitschwillenjoyitthemost.I'dratherwatchTheTriporPsych-Outhowever.(610) -fromimdb
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