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Hair (1979) [ReUp]

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Date: 11 Jan 2014 10:56:00
Hair (1979) [ReUp]

Hair (1979)
A Film by Milos Forman
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:55:53 | 6,63 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps; German, French, Italian, Spanish - AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps (each)
Subs: English (+SDH), German (+SDH), French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish,
Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Milos Forman's adaptation of the tribal rock musical Hair stars John Savage as Claude, a quiet young man from the Midwest who becomes friendly with a group of New York hippies on his way to begin basic training in the military. The repressed Claude is quite taken with Berger (Treat Williams) and the group of freedom seekers who reside in Central Park. The group encourages Claude to go after a debutante named Sheila (Beverly D'Angelo). Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp masterminded the dances, which attempt to flow from the natural settings of the film. The film includes most of the more famous songs from the original play, including "Donna," "Aquarius," "Easy to Be Hard," "Let the Sunshine In," "Good Morning Starshine," and the title number.

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Hair (1979) [ReUp]

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical made history in 1967, with its experimental approach, aggressive politics, and infamous, fleeting nude scene. The show had a fascinating, troubled development, but turned into a smash hit in its 1968-1972 Broadway run. Over the years, the songs of Hair have been co-opted by the Top 40, Madison Avenue, and parody (The 40 Year Old Virgin's take on "Aquarius"), while some of the many regional productions and revivals inevitably diluted the original's authenticity (even the much-lauded 2009 Broadway revival could not escape a feeling of commodification). Hair was such a product of its time that the task of mounting it artfully outside of its time must be handled with care.

Hair (1979) [ReUp]

The film version of Hair, released in 1979, attempted to do just that, with more than a decade's perspective on the "hippie" counter-culture. Director Milos Forman (coming directly off his Best Director Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) was an inspired choice to lead the effort, as was screenwriter Michael Weller, whose plays Moonchildren and Loose Ends bookended the hippie experience. Weller's screenplay for Hair rethinks the material to give more narrative shape to what was essentially a rock revue with characters and themes but only a loose plot. The results are mixed, but Forman's film has moments of sheer brilliance and an overall palpable texture essential to avoiding the impression of a hippie-drag floor show.

Hair (1979) [ReUp]

James Rado and Gerome Ragni's book and lyrics (with music by Galt MacDermot) put forward the autobiographical, contrasting pair of Claude and Berger, New Yorkers at the forefront of the peace movement. In Forman's film, Claude (John Savage) becomes an Oklahoma farm boy in New York to enjoy a bit of R&R before shipping off to Vietnam. This wide-eyed Claude has enough to handle just taking in New York City, but in Central Park he falls in love at first sight with horse-riding debutante Sheila Franklin (Beverly D'Angelo) and finds himself charmed by a diverse tribe of free spirits led by wild child Berger (Treat Williams). They treat Claude to a drug trip, and before he can shuffle off to war, Claude convinces him to crash a garden party at Sheila's house. A romantic triangle develops amongst Claude, Sheila, and Berger, only complicated further when Claude fulfills his duty and enters the Army.

Hair (1979) [ReUp]

Rado and Ragni publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the changes made by Weller and Forman, particularly in its seeming deemphasis of the peace movement. Indeed, Berger's tribe comes off more as homeless dropouts, free-loving members of the drug culture, than political-minded rebels, though moments in the film—and particularly the finale—evoke the characters' intent to stand tall for peace and freedom. A fair amount of the show's many, many numbers hit the cutting room floor, and others have been rendered ineffective (the inert irony of hallucinogen paean "Walking in Space" applied to boot camp) or senseless ("Manchester, England," now fumbled back and forth between Berger and Claude), but much of the material's potency survives, and some of it finds fresh new meaning.

Hair (1979) [ReUp]

Forman's Hair is at its best when it's most creatively subversive. Case in point: "Black Boys"/"White Boys," which in the play was a plain declaration of interracial desire. It's that in the film, as well, but intercutting finds not only the women extolling their desire, but also the all-male Army examination board (played largely by soul group the Stylistics) salivating over their naked new recruits. Whether you take that literally (as hypocrisy over homosexuality in the military) or figuratively (the unseemly "lust" of the military for a parade of young men to the slaughter), you have to admit it's a bold and provocative choice.

Hair (1979) [ReUp]

The film is exceptionally well cast, with Williams proving he's got the pipes and the pathos for Berger, and Savage giving a powerfully resonant performance as the understated Claude. Twyla Tharp contributes the striking choreography, and MacDermot himself serves as musical arranger and conductor. Special kudos go to vocal arranger and conductor Thomas Pierson, as this film has some of the best choral vocals you'll hear in any movie musical, and absolutely blistering solos, like Cheryl Barnes on "Easy to Be Hard" (also one of the film's dramatic highlights), Ren Woods on "Aquarius," and Broadway star Betty Buckley on "Walking in Space." Hair benefited from the creative freedom of '70s cinema—and while there's a longshot opportunity to make a more definitive screen version, the pitfalls are many: handle with care.
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Hair (1979) [ReUp]

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