Altamont Now
In the middle of the California desert… From deep inside an abandoned nuclear missile silo… On the 30th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ disastrous concert at Altamont…
Indie rock legend Richard Havoc puts out The Call to the youth of America.
When his headquarters are infiltrated by a mysteriously square journalist, Havoc subjects the interloper to a gratingly endless parade of “Alternative Nation” posturing – all while trapped 15 stories underground. Self-indulgent pirate TV broadcasts, painfully lame interpersonal arguments, and angsty whining about “The Man” all lead to a completely unnecessary use of firearms. But when the journalist’s secret identity is revealed, all Hell breaks loose. Will Richard and the Cult of the Kids self-destruct and take half the country with them? Or will the Power of Rock save the world?
Altamont Now is a slice of Rock and Roll End Times, a darkly comic meditation on what can happen when American youth borrow old codes of rebellion from the 1960s to achieve their threat. Taking its structure from the Maysles doc gimme Shelter, Altamont Now presents a unique re-visioning of 1960s cinematic counterculture: Black Panther-style revolution talk; rock and roll teen-sploitation movies; and cinema verité documentary to portray a rebellious group of Todays Youth who have nothing left of their own with which to rebel.
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Sunday 09 Mar 2008 | Paul | Comedy, Music
