I love "Candy" and "Myra Breckinridge", and I was looking forward to finally seeing "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls". Hiding (somewhere) under the surface of these three movies are some great stories, and the scripts all show glimpses of some astounding writing and insight into what was happening between 1966 and 1969 among those late teens and young adults who had more than a bit of disposable income and a warped perspective toward destroying the social order.
However, somewhere during the production of these three movies, things fell apart. My guess is heavy drug use by the casts and crews. Acting is non-existent; the casts may have read the scripts a few times and prepared their characters a bit, but once the cameras started rolling, all that was cast aside, except for the occasional afterthought. In each movie, a freeform miasma of expression was the result.
These movies are not for everyone, and even those of us who had a clue about the 60s scene outside the hippy communes will watch these with a jaded eye.
However, somewhere during the production of these three movies, things fell apart. My guess is heavy drug use by the casts and crews. Acting is non-existent; the casts may have read the scripts a few times and prepared their characters a bit, but once the cameras started rolling, all that was cast aside, except for the occasional afterthought. In each movie, a freeform miasma of expression was the result.
These movies are not for everyone, and even those of us who had a clue about the 60s scene outside the hippy communes will watch these with a jaded eye.