{"id":1346,"date":"2006-08-30T19:38:20","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T02:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:47:20","slug":"psych-out-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Psych-Out (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-1341x2048.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Poster-1-scaled.jpg 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA deaf-mute runaway (Susan Strasberg), hoping to find her missing brother (Bruce Dern) in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, becomes immersed in a crazy scene of drugs, sex, and rock n&#8217; roll.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Deafness<\/li>\n<li>Dean Stockwell Films<\/li>\n<li>Jack Nicholson Films<\/li>\n<li>Runaways<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Susan Strasberg Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe &#8220;Flower Power&#8221; era of 1960s Haight-Ashbury &#8212; complete with acid rock, bad trips, tie-dye clothing, hip lingo, and &#8220;free love&#8221; &#8212; comes roaring to colorful life in this &#8220;energetic&#8221; exploitation film, which Peary refers to as &#8220;the best of all the biker and drug films that AIP produced during the era&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-1536x825.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Still.png 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Glow.png 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its success is largely due to a sensitive performance by Strasberg, who &#8220;was never so appealing&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-1536x827.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg.png 1849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bruce Dern as Strasberg&#8217;s &#8220;raving lunatic&#8221; brother:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-1536x836.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Dern.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Dean Stockwell as an acid freak:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-1536x842.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Stockwell.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; are both memorable in supporting roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Strasberg as Jenny<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-1536x842.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Strasberg2.png 1851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Exciting on-location footage in 1960s San Francisco (shot by DP Laszlo Kovacs)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Location.png 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-1536x845.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Psych-Out-Cars.png 1853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for Strasberg&#8217;s performance, and as an all-around &#8220;good show&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0063469\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/psych-out\/review\/115110\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2036\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdsavant.com\/s769trip.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/67019\/psych-out\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube.&#8221; Synopsis: A deaf-mute runaway (Susan Strasberg), hoping to find her missing brother (Bruce Dern) in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, becomes immersed in a crazy scene of drugs, sex, and rock n&#8217; roll. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bruce Dern Films Counterculture Deafness Dean Stockwell Films Jack Nicholson Films Runaways Search Susan Strasberg Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: The &#8220;Flower Power&#8221; era of 1960s Haight-Ashbury &#8212; complete with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1346\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68987,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions\/68987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}