Editor’s note : a big thank you to Olive Films for the promotional copy of this
Blu-Ray release of this cult classic.
The Trip
(Roger Corman, 1967)
Paul Groves (Peter Fonda), a television commercial director, is in the midst of
a personality crisis. His wife Sally (Susan
Strasberg) has left him and he seeks the help of his friend John (Bruce
Dern), a self-styled guru who's an advocate of LSD. Paul asks John to be the
guide on his first "trip".
Often cited
as the worst film of all time, The Trip
is a gem that reflects the spirit of its time. This experiment, cause filming
those kaleidoscope drug trips permitted to lead to Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider
also starring Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson who wrote The Trip. Fonda’s performance is
interesting and well nuanced in this extravagant film that has a look of the
1960’s of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup with the depiction of free
sexuality and rock music.
