主演:谢利·温特斯 克里斯托弗·琼斯 黛安·瓦西 米莉·佩金斯
导演:Barry Shear
简介:Deservesrecognitionasaninterestingmisunderstandingofthehallucinationgeneration,20January2007 AuthorTimothyFarrellfromWorcester,MA WildintheStreetscomesfromthesameschooloffilmmakingthatspawnedotherattemptstoconnecttothecounterculturesuchasSkidooandCandy.ThedifferencebetweenthisandtheaforementionedfilmsisthatWildintheStreetsisreasonablycleverandwell-made.Itisn'tsympathetictothecountercultureandwilllikelyoffendthosewithfondmemoriesofthetime.Surprisingly,itwasabighitwhenreleasedandappealedtotheyouthwhomitridiculedsomuch.UnlikeTheTripandPsych-Out(twootherAIPfilms),itsnotanaccuraterepresentationofthemovementatall.Howeveritdoesworkassocialsatire. ThedirectionbyBarryShearisgoodandmakesinnovativeuseofsplitscreenphotography.Plus,hekeepseverythingmovingataquickpace.Initsfunnymoments,thefilmworkswell.Initsattemptsatdrama,itshelplesslydatedandjustasfunnyasthehumorousmoments.ChristopherJonesunderplayshisroleandShellyWintersoveracts.HalHolbrookoffersthebestperformanceandDianeVarsiachievestherightnoteofgrooviness.ThescriptbyRobertThomhasitsmoments,especiallytheending(easilythemostingeniouspartofthefilm).WildintheStreetsisn'tperfect,butdeservesrecognitionasaninterestingmisunderstandingofthehallucinationgeneration.Thoseintothiskindofkitschwillenjoyitthemost.I'dratherwatchTheTriporPsych-Outhowever.(610) -fromimdb