...there's likely nothing else to watch. This movie is a singular joyride, an expression of the weirdo mind of Sun Ra, a highly prolific (I'm talking 50+ studio albums) jazz-man with a penchant for Ancient Egyptian turnouts and New Age-y speeches about the mystical power of music. While surveying a foreign planet, Mr. Ra lays out his goal: to evacuate the black people of Earth to come live on a planet of their own, never to be hassled by the Man again. By force, if necessary! Sorry Malcom X and MLK, Sun Ra has had it with the civil rights movement. At least we can say racial segregation has never been groovier.
Backed by visuals that would not be out of place in Kenneth Anger's 'Lucifer Rising', Space is the Place is packed wall-to-wall with hilarious dialogue and absurd details, like my favorite, Ra's Intergalactic Employment Agency. Jazz fan or not, this movie is quite simply a cultural artefact not to be missed.
Backed by visuals that would not be out of place in Kenneth Anger's 'Lucifer Rising', Space is the Place is packed wall-to-wall with hilarious dialogue and absurd details, like my favorite, Ra's Intergalactic Employment Agency. Jazz fan or not, this movie is quite simply a cultural artefact not to be missed.