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Vhs SANDSTONE 1974/1985 First Issue RARE HIPPIE Cult 1960s FREE Love Documentary For Sale
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Vhs SANDSTONE 1974/1985 First Issue RARE HIPPIE Cult 1960s FREE Love Documentary:
$67.46
Good viewing cassette. Private collection item with good viewback quality. UBER RARE FIRST EDITION Vestron Video art box sleeve, COMPLETE & UNCUT. Hard to find rare video collectible. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY.
1974. TAGLINE: \"A Daring Experience inOpenSexuality!Something is happening in America!\" An in-depth look at the famous retreat north of Los Angeles where nudity and uninhibited SEXUALexpression are encouraged. A study in alternative lifestyles. \"1-1-75 Movie Review by ROGER EBERT : \"Enough of these documentaries of the sexual REVOLUTION. What we need now is a revolution of the sexualDOCUMENTARY. Hardly a month goes by without yet another analysis of the upheaval in middleclass morality that\'s allegedly sweeping the land (for \"land.\" read California), and most of these movies are so uplifting and earnest that we end up nostalgic for the good old days of inhibition. At least in those days, anillicit thrill was both illicit and a thrill. \"Sandstone,\" for example, is a documentary about a loosely defined group of people who live or visit in a rambling ranch house in the hills above Los Angeles. They seem like ordinary enough folks, pulling up in their Volkswagen stations wagons and talking about their last vacation and lining up with paper plates for the buffet dinner. But they\'re more liberated, freer, more open and loving than their fellow beings down in the valley; they take off their clothes and embrace each other a lot and get into heavy rap sessions. And, likely as not, by the time the weekend\'s over they\'ll have hadSEXwith various friends, strangers, lovers or even spouses. This is known as strengthening a relationship, or testing a relationship, or finding new validity in a relationship. They all talk a lot about relationships. They sit on sofas and debate whether their relationships are \"ready\" for the idea of the husband or wife havingSEXwithsomeone else: \"Right now it\'d be threatening,\" they say, \"but maybe in a couple of years our relationship will be strong enough for that trip.\" They\'re mostly married, it would appear; and in \"Sandstone\" it almost seems that the purpose of marriage is to cement a relationship so sound that it can flourish on adultery. Now it\'s called \"being honest,\" but a bird by any other name is as good as one in the bush. Don\'t get me wrong; these people ARE open, loving, frank and caring, and they do want to love one another and build more human relationships. It\'s just that they\'re so singleminded about it, so somehow definitively middle American: At no moment does their enthusiasm for the Sandstone experience come over more strongly, at no point do their eyes glow quite so much, as when they\'re lined up for the buffet. \"Sandstone\" was made by Jonathan and Bunny Dana, a married couple who\'ve made two award winning documentaries on drug abuse, and they lived at Sandstone for a year. They seem to be sincere people, making a film about something important to them and yet where did they misplace a saving sense of humor? Their film doesn\'t record the human comedy that\'s almost inevitable in a situation like Sandstone; it\'s too reverent, and the Danas are too sold on the whole idea to preserve a certain observant wit. That leaves us, then, with the one scene in the film that does retain some perspective, however eccentric. A vigorous man in his 60s explains and demonstrates his remarkable camper van, which has been customized and outfitted into a veritablePLAYBOYmansion on wheels. He has a bed in the back surrounded with mirrors at every possible angle; he has stereo music piped in; he has a \"120 foot candle light source\" to illuminate strategic areas, and he has the most unusual stick shift you\'ve ever seen. He also has slyness and glee and a great deal more of the life force than all the others with their relationships to be tested and their emotions to be shared and their really heavy trips.\" VIEWER COMMENT : Documentary about an openSEXUALcommunity or resort in California in the swinging seventies is certainly going to raise some eyebrows. Shot as it happened. Part home movie, part explanation of the alternative lifestyle that was available (if not practiced) at this secluded California community. Couples were allowed to participate or not in anysexualorrelationship interaction that they chose. Mostly, the community is a clothing optionNUDIST resort. This frequently meant after the evening meal, some couples would pair off together, some would report to the group lounge, and some would retire together. Very littleovertSEXin the film, all of which are real people in various states of undress or nudity, talking about their experience, feelings, freedom and participation. We follow one couple from their arrival, to their sampling of the recreation, to his decision to withdraw... only to discover that his wife has been more popular that he is, and scored more often. (This is commonly the case!) What follows is an uncomfortable row, as he wants to force her to leave, but she has become quite comfortable and doesn\'t want to speak with him. Not uncommon to find newcomers sitting over a first cup of coffee in the kitchen in the morning, holding their head and trying to sort out what it is that they have gotten into...making sense of their experiences from the night before. Other regulars join in and help talk them through it. As a time capsule of a bygone era, whenSEX was free-er before AIDS, HIV and 911, this is an interesting film. These impressions are based upon a viewing of this documentary on the Playboy Cable TV Channel in the early 1980s, and it may have been edited, though there was no indication that it was edited for broadcast. While the entire film wasn\'t screened, the majority was. Look for this gem on VHS, if you can EVER FIND IT. You may have to special order it. I\'ve never seen it again!\"
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Vhs SANDSTONE 1974/1985 First Issue RARE HIPPIE Cult 1960s FREE Love Documentary $67.46
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