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.
Jimi Hendrix
- Self
- (archive footage)
Vella Cameron
- Self
- (as Yella Cameron)
- Director
- Writer
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Appreciate the Film For Its Own Merits -- A Historical Gem!
To begin, it would be a mistake to approach viewing this film as a "Jimi Hendrix film." As I understand it it began as a documentary about the Rainbow Bridge meditation center. When it was filmed nobody knew Jimi's death was but two months down the road. The film was supposedly bankrolled by the Brotherhood of Eternal Love (qv) -- the loosely knit communal family that first delivered mass quantities of high-quality LSD and Afghan hashish to the western world.
That said, the film could have benefited from some better writing and editing. Still, we are provided a window upon a moment in time and space when a positive vision of what might have been was still alive and progressing. Take the film and appreciate it. There will be no more like it. As strange as it appears at first glance it is valuable historical footage that is like none other. The Hendrix footage is just a bonus -- the icing on the sunshine-frosted cake.
That said, the film could have benefited from some better writing and editing. Still, we are provided a window upon a moment in time and space when a positive vision of what might have been was still alive and progressing. Take the film and appreciate it. There will be no more like it. As strange as it appears at first glance it is valuable historical footage that is like none other. The Hendrix footage is just a bonus -- the icing on the sunshine-frosted cake.
just gets better every year
oh, how those criticvs love to rip apart low-budget movies outside the box. In '70, that expression was unknown but the hippie culture was still going strong (though after Altamont, Kent, State, Isle of Wight, and losing Janis Joplin, the surge lost a lot of momentum).
one attractive feature is that viewers cannot make headz or tailz of this film until about the fourth FULL viewing. plus...and this means kudos the creative side: we are never sure if the actors are actors! now, that is acting! and directing! we have our hippie-corporate head liaison visiting the Meditation Center in Maui...just to see how the money is being wasted. Pat Hartley, very sexy in her hippie-tight jeans, makes the trek....she encounters many obstructions of the establishment, on the way.
she falls mesmerized by the true love, peace, contentment - dreal *harmony* she finds. her enthusiasm is then further increase when the man, THE hippie musician icon of the day, Jimi Hendrix arrives to rock out! Hendrix's performance is the centerpiece of the film, but it comes well *into* the proceedings. a great performance.
baby boomers, esp. those a tad too old for Elvis and just young enough for The Beatles, invite yourself to join the peaceniks.
one attractive feature is that viewers cannot make headz or tailz of this film until about the fourth FULL viewing. plus...and this means kudos the creative side: we are never sure if the actors are actors! now, that is acting! and directing! we have our hippie-corporate head liaison visiting the Meditation Center in Maui...just to see how the money is being wasted. Pat Hartley, very sexy in her hippie-tight jeans, makes the trek....she encounters many obstructions of the establishment, on the way.
she falls mesmerized by the true love, peace, contentment - dreal *harmony* she finds. her enthusiasm is then further increase when the man, THE hippie musician icon of the day, Jimi Hendrix arrives to rock out! Hendrix's performance is the centerpiece of the film, but it comes well *into* the proceedings. a great performance.
baby boomers, esp. those a tad too old for Elvis and just young enough for The Beatles, invite yourself to join the peaceniks.
I now own a copy of this movie
This is very much about the 60's and Jimi Hendrix and I just absolutely love this movie and its sense of humour ... Hat's off to Hartley as she makes her way to Hawaii for a private concert with Jimi Hendrix. Man, I wish I was from the 60's.
Heavy going for the most part but Hendrix (almost) saves the day
First of all, you have to give credit where its due - the late 60's/early 70's sure was a time when proper leftfield stuff was unleashed in the cinemas. This film now seems a wilfully uncommercial and bizarre effort and I'm pretty sure even back in the day it must have been somewhat oddball. It centres around the people who live at the Hawaii hippy commune called the Rainbow Bridge. But its very difficult to determine what is acting and what is documentary - it seems to be a bit of both, with the emphasis heavily on authentic chat but in effect this is non-actors acting themselves (if that makes any sense). For that reason, this movie improbably is a precursor for the reality TV shows 'The Only Way is Essex', 'Made in Chelsea' and 'Geordie Shore'; but instead of featuring Essex girls, Geordies or toffs talking garbage, this film does the same thing but with hippies talking gibberish, albeit about 40 years earlier! So, you do have to be forgiving of listening to an awful lot of waffle because 80% of the runtime compromises of chat about new age nonsense. After enduring a lot of this interminable - and often barely audible - drivel, Jimi Hendrix pitches up and knocks out a few tunes in an open-air concert populated by our hippy friends. The musical segment, needless to say, is the highlight of the film and unsurprisingly is the angle that the movie poster's homes in on as the chief selling point, made even more pertinent as this turned out to be Hendrix's last live concert, seeing as he unfortunately died two months later.
The upshot is that this remains an oddity which can be cautiously recommended. As a snapshot of the hippy counter-culture, it offers an interesting time-capsule; albeit, it would work better as background viewing, as opposed to sitting down and giving this your full concentration. The Hendrix material is great of course, but it does only constitute maybe 20mins or so of the overall runtime. So, hard going overall but it has its good points.
The upshot is that this remains an oddity which can be cautiously recommended. As a snapshot of the hippy counter-culture, it offers an interesting time-capsule; albeit, it would work better as background viewing, as opposed to sitting down and giving this your full concentration. The Hendrix material is great of course, but it does only constitute maybe 20mins or so of the overall runtime. So, hard going overall but it has its good points.
OK
I saw this movie when it came out, and was a bit disappointed at the time. I was in the movie as an extra and was paid free lunches during shooting and a free Hendrix concert on the side of Haliakala (sp?) volcano. The concert alone was worth the standing around and waiting to "act" in scenes. It was a great concert, I remember Foxy Lady and Purple Haze as highlights. The concert seemed to last most of the afternoon, he played lots of songs. One sort of silly thing (in hindsight) they had us do was sit grouped according to our astrological sign. I think they had 12 speakers, one focused on each group so Jimi could direct where the sound was focused while he played. I won't go into the theories behind this, it didn't seem to work out.
I don't think Hendrix showed up for the film till the day of or slightly before the concert. Most of the filming was done by then as I recall. Jimi Hendrix gave a great performance that day.
I don't think Hendrix showed up for the film till the day of or slightly before the concert. Most of the filming was done by then as I recall. Jimi Hendrix gave a great performance that day.
Did you know
- TriviaThis 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 creditsThe 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 versionsThere 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.
- ConnectionsReferences Too Late the Hero (1970)
- SoundtracksFoxy Lady
Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix
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- Maui, Hawaii, USA(after the Sunset Strip scenes, the film continues in Maui Hawaii)
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