I'm not prepared to agree with Professor Wheeler Dixon, who calls this film a masterpiece, but it was sufficiently intriguing to induce me to view it in its entirety.
As I watched I was struck by the similarities to films I've enjoyed: Vampyr, Night of the Living Dead, Pull My Daisy, and (at the end) North by Northwest. Since the Romero picture would not appear for a further nine years, it's clear it could not have influenced Ron Rice!
I love Chaplin and Keaton too much to place The Flower Thief on a par with their work, but it had its moments. Like seemingly all films by the Beats, the soundtrack was excellent. They were poets, after all.
Worth a view (and still more, a listen.)It's a glimpse of a city on the threshold of becoming one of the centerpieces of American culture in the 1960's. Ron Rice was a talented director.
As I watched I was struck by the similarities to films I've enjoyed: Vampyr, Night of the Living Dead, Pull My Daisy, and (at the end) North by Northwest. Since the Romero picture would not appear for a further nine years, it's clear it could not have influenced Ron Rice!
I love Chaplin and Keaton too much to place The Flower Thief on a par with their work, but it had its moments. Like seemingly all films by the Beats, the soundtrack was excellent. They were poets, after all.
Worth a view (and still more, a listen.)It's a glimpse of a city on the threshold of becoming one of the centerpieces of American culture in the 1960's. Ron Rice was a talented director.
