Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
Cinematography
Chaotic color/black-and-white juxtapositions that mirror withdrawal hallucinations
Score
Ravi Shankar's sitar as actual character — Sun God indeed
Acting
Beat legends playing cosmic archetypes with zero irony
Director
Conrad Rooks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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