A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."A college professor resigns in protest to the dismissal of student underground newspaper workers and later joins their "hippie movement" and becomes their "Messiah."
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- TriviaThe term "love-in" was one of many co-optings of Timothy Leary's famous mantra "Tune in, turn on, drop out", which gave rise to the original San Francisco "be-in" gatherings of 1967, a pun on the word "being". Another example is a "sit-in" protest, or John Lennon and Yoko Ono's public "lie-ins" from their hotel beds.
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Dr. Jonathan Barnett: You know, when I heard Larry use the words "a friend", "someone who understands you", I didn't realize he was introducing me. I was expecting to see the Chief of Police. Not that I'm putting down the Establishment, I wouldn't do that for the world. After all, do they tell us what we should believe? No, of course not. I'd even go on record and say they don't care what your beliefs are - providing they don't conflict with theirs.
Dr. Jonathan Barnett: [he continues] And yet, we of the Western world are supposed to be free people. Free to live as we want; free to love as we want; free to dress as we want. But are we given these freedoms? No, of course not. Society wants us to conform to a pattern which would make us all become vegetable. We must not let this happen. We must not conform. And we will definitely not become vegetable!
Dr. Jonathan Barnett: [he continues] The Establishment has left us a world full of strife, prejudice and avarice, not unlike the Roman Empire before its decline. Yet all the legions of Tiberius, Caligula and Nero could not still the ringing truths of the underground voice of those great dissenters, the early Christians. Nor could the voices of Moses, Buddha or Muhammad be stilled, so be it. And we shall not be stilled. We shall not be stilled, for we know the answer. We know that, with the world the way it is in today, we must love. We must share. We must not harbor any bitterness nor practice any violence. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt love they neighbor.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kain's Quest: On Deadly Ground (2016)
But his acting persona and style had fallen out of favour by the mid-1960s as kitchen-sink dramas and 'Swinging London' type films became popular. The drying up of roles perhaps disorientated him as that's the only way one can explain his appearance in the American film 'The Love-Ins'.
The film is a cheap and tedious take on the counter-culture sweeping America at the time. What is surprising is for an exploitation picture, apart from an 'Alice In Wonderland' LSD sequence, it's not even entertaining as camp.
But the film's most dispiriting aspect is Todd's performance. In the central role of playing a supposedly Timothy Leary-like figure that captures the hearts and minds of San Francisco youth, Todd is totally unconvincing and displays none of the charisma or personality such a role required. His inability to even attempt to adjust his usual acting style just underlines how miscast he is.
In a career with many quality films and performances, this is a sad career low.
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- Jul 23, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1