A solitary protagonist navigates drug withdrawal through fragmented flashbacks, symbolic landscapes, and intense hallucinations.
Drama · 6.3/10 · 82 min · 1966
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
