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...PUTNEY SWOPE. Recommended for acid heads and those with good peripheral vision, this movie shares with If. . . a distrust of all systems of social order. Robert Downey, an underground ( Chafed Elbows ) filmmaker, wrote and directed Swope, which explains what happens when a group of militant blacks take over a Madison Avenue ad agency...
Paris Cinema- Putney Swope. Robert Downey doing his thing. 841 Boylston...
...PUTNEY SWOPE is a fantastic movie, but people who still believe in the alphabet and political movements are going to have a lot of trouble with it. While the film does have some moments of pure comic entertainment value (like a lot of obscene commercials made by the militants' "Truth and Soul" advertising agency), it is not enough of a comedy to hold an audience for laughs alone...
THANKS to some big box-office grosses in New York, Putney Swope has made financing his next picture an easier chore for Downey than it has been in the past. His new film, Pound, is about a dozen dogs (played by actors) who try to find a way to avoid the inevitable needle that will put them to "sleep...
...Putney Swope, at least, will be shown nearly everywhere. I hope everyone in the world goes to see it, too. It may just convince a few more crazies to stick with their craziness-and then we can all get together and go to the moon...