As a nine-year-old American (but an official Beatnik) boy in Los Angeles, I was upset with the Kennedy assassination in November 1963. Still, six months later, I was perturbed by something more urgent, the Dave Clark Five vs. The Beatles. Like most of those who turn to the transistor radio for music, The Beatles captured something magical, and the undocumented masses could share it. On the other hand, who is/are The Dave Clark Five? I only heard of them once I purchased (more likely my dad) the above publication.
My sentiments exactly, it secretly revealed some of the dark underbelly of the bright and shiny pop culture which wouldn't fully burst out for another four years or so.
All so true...they did appear in a paradoxically dark movie by John Booman in his film debut, called Catch Us If You Can (released as Having a Wild Weekend in America) in 1965, and although clearly a "borrowing" from Richard Lester's brilliant Beatle film Hard Day's Night, it still had some unexpectedly sinister insights about the realities of the period, as per Boorman's eventual signature style. Worth watching for its surprising darkness.
Very very odd indeed....Boorman seemed to have his finger on the pulse underneath the pulse...and equally odd that he'd go on to later make one of the most harrowing character studies ever produced, Deliverance...a favourite dark film of mine to this day...
My sentiments exactly, it secretly revealed some of the dark underbelly of the bright and shiny pop culture which wouldn't fully burst out for another four years or so.
All so true...they did appear in a paradoxically dark movie by John Booman in his film debut, called Catch Us If You Can (released as Having a Wild Weekend in America) in 1965, and although clearly a "borrowing" from Richard Lester's brilliant Beatle film Hard Day's Night, it still had some unexpectedly sinister insights about the realities of the period, as per Boorman's eventual signature style. Worth watching for its surprising darkness.
Very very odd indeed....Boorman seemed to have his finger on the pulse underneath the pulse...and equally odd that he'd go on to later make one of the most harrowing character studies ever produced, Deliverance...a favourite dark film of mine to this day...