The Grateful Dead's house band drove a school bus on acid across America. buckle up.
A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.
Editing
Jayanti stitches 16mm chaos into something almost coherent. almost.
Production
Neal Cassady drove that bus while absolutely *shattered*. the footage exists.
Director
Vikram Jayanti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most of the famous 'bus trip' footage was shot by the Pranksters themselves with no sound synchronization, meaning Kesey's 1990s narration was written to match images he couldn't actually remember filming.
This documentary dropped the same year as The Matrix and Fight Club — making its earnest celebration of chemically-enhanced 'reality disruption' feel either endearingly naive or tragically outdated depending on your cynicism level.
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