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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Taking Off (1971)


A comedy directed by Milos Forman.
The children of a group of parents go missing and the parents "rediscover their youth" (Wikipedia's phrase).
This was odd. There was a musical audition that was cut in throughout the film, with young women trying out for a record label. There was a scene where the parents smoke cannabis in order to understand their children better. They do this at a large meeting for the parents of missing children and a slightly younger man explains in great detail how to smoke a joint. The parents then lose their inhibitions and seem to enjoy themselves greatly. This cuts to a scene of 4 of the parents playing a game of strip poker. The plot was odd and the characters weren't developed well. I really liked the style, but with the rest of the film the way it was, it didn't matter much. I'm rating this o.k. because it defies explanation.

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