The Last
Hippie standing is a really cool film made in 1999-2000 by German film
producer, Marcus Robbin. It was originally released in 2002. They head to GOA in search of hippies. It is quite a fun and
interesting movie that lasts only about 45mins. They interview a lot of
different people at the beginning of the movie asking them what they think a
hippie is and where they can find them, etc.. They eventually get to find some
and there is some cool archive footage of hippies in GOA from the late 60s or
early 70s and they spend a lot of time at the end of the film with three main
people: A lady, who is super cool and seems to have recently died, who wrote a
book about being a hippie in GOA coming from the USA in the late 60s and ending
up in India. Then they also have interviews with GOA Gil and Swami Williams, who have never
left India after leaving San Francisco and have
really adopted Indian life. One is a swami and the other a trance DJ and also
spiritual. It is a fun and very cool movie. Check it out… The extra stuff is
not all that interesting compared to the movie itself.
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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Gil = Goa Gil
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both: http://www.merlins-nose.com/LHS/main1/main/dateien/big_swami_gil_car.JPG
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