Weatherman '69 (1989) — AI Story Visualization

Weatherman '69 (1989) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A countercultural commune's revolutionary experiment in the late 1960s

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Formation of Ideals

Commune Life

Ideological Cracks

Confrontation and Dissolution

Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.

Directed by

Raymond Pettibon

Key Cast

Rating: 10/10 (1 votes)