Chappaqua

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.

Director: Conrad Rooks

Cast: Jean-Louis Barrault, Conrad Rooks, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Paula Pritchett, Ravi Shankar, Ornette Coleman, Swami Satchidananda

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.