Much of this movie is bad. Very slow, no plot at all, very rough. It looks like a student film. Much is 1960s cliché. The songs are lousy, there's no acting. The cinematography ranges from decent to unbelievably murky. There are a couple of scenes which are brilliant, though. Mostly visuals, like when Morrison spins the book carousel and just keeps spinning and spinning in front of the camera. When he tells his friend that he just killed a man, and when he's talking to some people outside a club or bar of some sort.
And then there's one scene that the crew must have stumbled across by chance which could be the most stunning and poignant in all of cinema. That it's so raw, so obviously unscripted, and so fitting with the overall theme of life and death on the road makes the scene truly remarkable. The movie is worth finding and watching for that 30 seconds alone.
All in all if you're a Morrison fan or if you like experimental film this is a movie to watch. You'll be fast-forwarding through most of it but it will be worth your time. Had they cut it down from 50 minutes to about 15 it might have been fantastic.
And then there's one scene that the crew must have stumbled across by chance which could be the most stunning and poignant in all of cinema. That it's so raw, so obviously unscripted, and so fitting with the overall theme of life and death on the road makes the scene truly remarkable. The movie is worth finding and watching for that 30 seconds alone.
All in all if you're a Morrison fan or if you like experimental film this is a movie to watch. You'll be fast-forwarding through most of it but it will be worth your time. Had they cut it down from 50 minutes to about 15 it might have been fantastic.