The story involves three hippies taking a bus across Florida, most likely traveling along I-75. They get stuck and use the time to enjoy nature and each other.
To enjoy a movie, you generally have to be willing to overlook some of the ways in which they stretch the truth (it's called suspension of disbelief). Some movies, like Raiders of the Lost Ark, are so much fun that you don't care that there is no way a human could take that much punishment, or you don't notice how many rounds the six shooter holds. Well, in this movie, there was one huge distraction I could not get over: You can NOT go for naked romps through the Everglades. There are alligators, bears, venomous snakes, insects (fire ants), and panthers (maybe only 20 or so nowadays). What's more, these animals were surely more abundant 30 years ago when there was more available habitat. They find a baby raccoon in a tree, pick it up, stroke it, and kiss it. Rabies, anyone? When they get hungry, the male hippie decides, "Let's go boar hunting!" and moments later, he creeps up to within 10 feet of a razorback, in plain sight. Lucky he had that compound bow on the bus.
Most of the movie consists of easy-listening music playing as the guy rolls around the swamp with Carol, while Maureen has dark visions and flashbacks. It is done in a surreal, dream-like way, and is fairly well-photographed. The audio, however, is mixed lower than the incidental music in some scenes, making it sound more like background ambiance than dialog.
In this part of Florida, even now, it isn't safe to explore undeveloped areas. So it was jaw-dropping to see these kids hanging from trees, swimming in ponds (the water would actually be brackish, not crystal clear), and rolling on the ground.
To enjoy a movie, you generally have to be willing to overlook some of the ways in which they stretch the truth (it's called suspension of disbelief). Some movies, like Raiders of the Lost Ark, are so much fun that you don't care that there is no way a human could take that much punishment, or you don't notice how many rounds the six shooter holds. Well, in this movie, there was one huge distraction I could not get over: You can NOT go for naked romps through the Everglades. There are alligators, bears, venomous snakes, insects (fire ants), and panthers (maybe only 20 or so nowadays). What's more, these animals were surely more abundant 30 years ago when there was more available habitat. They find a baby raccoon in a tree, pick it up, stroke it, and kiss it. Rabies, anyone? When they get hungry, the male hippie decides, "Let's go boar hunting!" and moments later, he creeps up to within 10 feet of a razorback, in plain sight. Lucky he had that compound bow on the bus.
Most of the movie consists of easy-listening music playing as the guy rolls around the swamp with Carol, while Maureen has dark visions and flashbacks. It is done in a surreal, dream-like way, and is fairly well-photographed. The audio, however, is mixed lower than the incidental music in some scenes, making it sound more like background ambiance than dialog.
In this part of Florida, even now, it isn't safe to explore undeveloped areas. So it was jaw-dropping to see these kids hanging from trees, swimming in ponds (the water would actually be brackish, not crystal clear), and rolling on the ground.