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The Flower Thief (1960)

Director: Ron Rice

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From Time Out New York

A collection of puckish, improvised vignettes, this experimental film works best as an obliquely satirical window on Beat counterculture, embodied by the loose-limbed Mead wandering through smoky clubs and lofts in his cloak of ironic whimsy. Some of his friends' rants make it onto the cruddy-sounding audio track ("Peruvian civilization on coca...America on Coca-Cola!"). Other skits bound into slapstick, without the rigor that the casual viewer might require. For the historically curious, however, Mead's feature-length riff captures a freewheeling moment in full.

Author: JR 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Director: Ron Rice

Cast: Taylor Mead

Duration: 75 mins


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