Apparently this is unreleased on DVD as of yet, so the version I saw had awful sound editing and quality. Nevertheless, the photography of coastal scenery is thankfully intact. A very 70s feel in this odd drama, suffering from bad pacing and awkward softcore sex scenes. The themes of this film are still relevent
though, in terms of generational gaps between defiant adolescents and adults. The one in this particular film, about precocious puberty enabling moral nihilism, is quite heavy and similar to The Lord of the Flies, except this film is more disturbing with its implications. This plot is cross cut by a romantic one where characters in need of a stationary figure fill each other's voids. And together, it makes the resolution a real shock. A film that stays with you when you finish it, and whose actors act well, but whose pacing can kill the film.
November 6, 2010
