Been
Down So Long, It Looks Up to Me
Based on Richard Farina's counter-culture
novel of the same name, this film stars Barry Primus as
Gnossos Pappadopoulis, a world-weary traveler who has
been on a voyage and seen many horrors and returned a
changed man. But instead of confronting those changes
and making the injustices of his world right again, he
is reluctant to talk about what he has seen thanks to
the uptight nature of his home surroundings.
Think The Odyssey set at a conservative college
in 1958 America and you’ll be getting close. While
it doesn't quite capture the true revolutionary spirit
of Farina's book, it remains another important volume
in the history of counter-culture film from the late 60's/early
70's.
video source quality
rating: B |
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Been
Down So Long, It Looks Up to Me
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Item
price: $14.99 |
| Color/ 90
Min./ 1971 |
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DOWN SO LONG IT LOOKS LIKE UP TO ME
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