Chappaqua (1966)
Overview
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
Cast
Jean-Louis Barrault
Dr. Benoit
Conrad Rooks
Russel Harwick
William S. Burroughs
Opium Jones
Allen Ginsberg
Messiah
Paula Pritchett
Water Woman
Ravi Shankar
Sun God
Ornette Coleman
Peyote eater
Swami Satchidananda
The guru
Penny Brown
Rita Renoir
Tuli Kupferberg
Self - The Fugs (uncredited)
Hervé Villechaize
Little Person (uncredited)
Jasper Redhat
Ritualist (uncredited)
Jill Lator
Sacrified One
