Rainbow Bridge

1972
R
1h 48m

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5.9/10

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A documentary about various singers, musicians, artists, astrologers, etc., who attended a "New Age" gathering in Maui, Hawaii.A documentary about various singers, musicians, artists, astrologers, etc., who attended a "New Age" gathering in Maui, Hawaii.A documentary about various singers, musicians, artists, astrologers, etc., who attended a "New Age" gathering in Maui, Hawaii.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

317

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This film was developed and produced by ANTAHKARANA PRODUCTIONS under the direction of Chuck Wein. According to numerous discussions with Director Chuck Wein ~>

"...so, the word AntahKarana derives from the Sanskrit language employed by yogi and yogini alike; and in esoteric teachings refers to the 'Rainbow Bridge'."

"The Rainbow Bridge (AntahKarana) is the location (as a path of light) where, the results of a process known as 'Raising The Kundalini' may be expressed."

"The 'ki' (vital force of life) is aroused in the chakra nearest the base of the spine (where sexual Tantric energy is generated)."

"That 'ki' is then methodically passed upward, as a yogic practice, through the chakras, as it makes its way upwards, towards the crown chakra (pineal) where, after causing self-realization to occur, the spirit of an enlightened form of genuine pristine 'ruthless compassion' is born, and, it thereafter completes the process by making its return to and through the pituitary body (third eye) on its way back to the heart chakra."

"The Rainbow Bridge is path followed by the refined 'ki', to wit, the 'Light of Wisdom' (that has been born through Self-Realization) as passes from the Crown, to the Third Eye (pituitary) as it makes its way back to the Heart."

"Specifically the AntahKarana (Rainbow Bridge) is the bridge between the Awakened Third Eye (pituitary) and the fully coherent Heart ... i.e. a heart instilled with, suffused and tempered by 'ruthless compassion' (as it referred to in the Mahayana Traditions of Tibetan Tantric Yoga ...homage to the Dakini)."

In review;

"...the ki energy (vital force of the serpent coil) rises up, making its way though ALL chakras one by one, eventually illuminating all of them simultaneously, and when reaching the crown chakra (pineal body), it then triggers the harmonic resonant response within the endocrine gland systems throughout the entire human body (both physical and subtle), which thereby adjusts and balances the otherwise erratic hormones of the acolyte (yogini) (Bodhisattva); and upon completion of that process, the Buddha / Christ-like nature is REMEMBERED and restored to its full potential, as the soul awakens from its long slumber. The light of wisdom, in its pristine perspicacity then sends that radiant resonant light out into the cosmos by way of the Rainbow Bridge, and shines forth magnified by the heart chakra... in the hope that all unnecessary suffering of others may, to some extent, be remedied and relieved, whenever and wherever appropriate."

(if memory serves well this report is offered in gratitude and humility)

~ AUM TAT SAT

~ May the entire world discover the peace and joy that resides within.

~ "A message to the people of planet Earth."

Crazy credits
The copyright notice is the first credit to appear onscreen. Following this, there is a long series of 70's-style animation (checker-screen wipes and all) over the other opening titles.

Alternate versions
There are a wide range of versions that exist for this film. The DVD from Rhino Video claims that the film runs 137 minutes, although the running time comes to 125 minutes. The 125-minute version is the only one with the length open black-screen monologue. The 108-minute version is the version shown to theater audiences in 1972. There is a 74-minute version, and the grand majority of this version consists of just the Jimi Hendrix concert footage with only a few scenes involving the commune remaining.

Connections
References Too Late the Hero (1970)

Soundtracks
Foxy Lady
Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix

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Featured review

The "Rainbow Bridge" is the Bridge between God and Man

and/or the heart and the mind, a term, antahkarana, in Sanskrit or a yoga. This rather pretentious title for a "cosmic surfing film" features surfing by Mike Hynson, a surfer who's model with low rails resembles a thin Phil Edwards model(Endless Summer fame), and his Maui buddy Les Potts (hashish inside the surfboard) at small Maalea (highlighted by a Greenough inspired inside the tube looking out sequence), a red-hot David Nuuiwha (U.S. Champion) doing sideslips and smooth turns, B.K.(Sunset beach legend), Herbie Fletcher(the guy perpetually arching on the nose off the point at San Onofre), and others filmed upside down and backwards to resemble a drug experience. Surfing is used as a metaphor for "the spirit of 1969" or peak of the counter-culture or drug deluded "revolution" that a few of us experienced. The film explored sexuality, drugs, yoga, aliens from space, music, ecology, nutrition, astrology, and science during an extended "rap" discussion by an ensemble of acid laced hippies, a philosophic young follower of yoga, a obviously deluded earth-mother talking about our "space brothers", and an interesting scientist. Of course, the best rap is by a drunken Jimi Hendrix, which is printed on the inside sleeve of the out of print "Rainbow Bridge" album on Warner-Brothers. You can find it for about $25 on EBAY. The film features "Dolly Dagger" as she arrives in Los Angeles, hitchikes to San Diego airport, down the Pacific Coast Highway through Laguna and San Clemente, past Black's and Swami's, enroute to Hawaii. She has been sent to "inspect" the Rainbow Bridge Meditation Center on Maui to make sure no one is wasting money, which is a laugh. During this trip the film mixes sound and scenery to pull off visual metaphors. For example, you hear a 747 airplane as a seagull takes off from the beach, a dog barking as a drill instructor marches recruits, et. al. Once on Maui, Dolly Dagger gets high, and pops around talking drivel with the other hippies. She is obviously an uneducated moron, and was a famous groupy. If you read a few of the books on Jimi Hendrix, one of them documents in her in detail. She is most famous for her ability to score drugs and sucking the blood from the finger of Mick Jagger. She is also buck-toothed and ugly. How did Hendrix fall in love with her? Anyways, the film climaxes with an outdoor concert by Jimi Hendrix. This is Hendrix at his best, near the end of his days, as Mitch Mitchell slams at the drums along with the lackluster bass of Billy Cox. Despite the absence of Noel Redding; this is the best footage of Hendrix in concert you will ever see. If you are a Hendrix fan, I suggest you fast-forward to the concert. If you want to see the surfing, there isn't much. The film needs to cut everything but the surfing and the concert. The soundtrack album on Warner Brother is worth buying, too.