Word: arlo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arlo Does...
...matter of personal freedom, he said. "We conservatives thought we knew what 'doing our own thing' was before Arlo Guthrio was even Bar Mitzvahed...
...film's story, unlike that of Bonnie and Clyde. is almost non-existent; it revolves around the attempts of the alienated heroes to find community in and around a Stockbridge, Massachusetts church. And while Alice's Restaurant has the feel of a comedy (after all, it is based on Arlo Guthrie's humorous song. "Alice's Restaurant Massacre"), it is nonetheless one of the most depressing films of this year or any other. Love dope, sex, money, utopianism, political action-none of these phenomena can offer salvation to Arlo and his friends. And, unlike Easy Rider, this film does...
Penn's work on the film is nicely augmented by that of editor Dede Allen co-screenwriter Venable Herndon and actors Arlo, James Broderick and Pat Quinn. Pete Seeger is also on hand to remind us how little things have changed since his generation's attempt to find a better America...
...TIME'S Man of the Year. This year the Apollo 11 and 12 astronauts, fulfilling the promise of 1968's Men of the Year, ranked high. So did Ralph Nader, Spiro T. Agnew and the American G.I. Golda Meir, F. Lee Bailey, Wernher Von Braun and Arlo Guthrie all had their supporters...