Not a great movie. It’s a cheap 1970 production. Lots of shortcuts are taken, including some really peculiar editing. Even with all the shortcomings it has, there are a few interesting points.
The direction is actually pretty interesting. It’s not great all the time, but it’s got some very nice tricks played with depth, even as the camera is moving on a road. Think of the Vertigo shot, but happening while the camera’s moving on a road with the focal point.
The movie feels like pure 60s. There’s a free love story, some talk about drugs, reference to organic produce, there’s a drum circle, having sex on a beach. One of the stories has a character coming to terms with the ghetto population, and their inability to access healthcare through the hospital.
The importance put on most of these issues is interesting. It comes across like the director knew that the nudity and seeing girls hanging around in their bras was what brought the audience in, but that the director also knew that once they were in, there was an opportunity to push a good lesson home.
By the end of the movie though, it’s fairly forgettable. Each of their stories is at least a little interesting, but it doesn’t break any ground that hasn’t already been well-worn already.
My favorite bit: one of the nurses and a drug dealer ride off somewhere and are hanging around a meadow. For some reason, a dog is playing with them. They rode there on a motorcycle. This was the only scene where the dog was shown.
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