Saturday, November 17, 2012

Changes (1969)

Cinerama Releasing
Directed by Hall Bartlett
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Code Red)

Introspective film of disaffected college youth in southern California in the late 60s. Kent Lane is rebelling against his parents, against society and against himself. He drifts from one girl to another, experiments with drugs and takes odd jobs. He finally ends up with Michele Carey and it seems they might have something special. However, his lack of direction eventually gets the best of them. It's very much a product of its time, with a soundtrack featuring Judy Collins' hit song "Both Sides, Now" and haunting singer-songwriter works by Tim Buckley. Somehow Code Red managed to keep the original soundtrack intact, something the major studios too often fail to do.

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