On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, John Callan wrote:

> Meanwhile, I GOT "The Strawberry Statement" and "Alice's Restaurant".  I
> thought they were horrible movies, but I understood the characters and
> the motivations and the consequences.  Of course I should probably
> revisit them before making such a blanket statement.
>
> Wait!  I did!  I rented Alice a year or so back and was amazed that it
> was a much better movie than I had remembered!  Not as good as the
> Muppet Movies, but the Muppets had another twenty years of social
> sophistication to call on.

I have seen the "Alice's Restaurant" movie only once, quite a few years
after its initial release, but also quite a few years ago.  Maybe I should
see it again.

As I remember, I liked a lot of it (admittedly I have some residual
fondness for Arlo Guthrie), but I also squirmed with vicarious
embarrassment at how nakedly self-indulgent it was.  It was also a bit
like the guest who won't leave -- I kept expecting it to end, and it just
went on and on and on.

I don't remember how it ended, exactly, but it seems to me that it was at
least downbeat if not depressing.  Another end-of-the-Sixties film.

                               Larry

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