March 23, 2006
Following Sean
As the offspring of geniune carob-eating, sandal-wearing hippies, I am dying to go see Ralph Arlyck's Following Sean at Webster this weekend. Arlyck interviewed Sean in '69 when he was a 3-year-old tyke, living with his parents in Haight-Ashbury. Sean claimed that he took some tokes off a roach now and then, and didn't wear shoes because they were "creepy." (I hope he pronounces it "cweepy.") Those interviews were edited into a short black and white film which launched Arlyck's career; a few years back, the filmmaker returned to the Bay Area to see how Sean was doing. Apparently, he managed to find a way to be a responsible human being without losing touch with his radical side. The filmaker himself will be there to answer questions, which is always nice (I've seen more than a few films that made me want to interrogate the director). I am all bummed out about missing Sun Ra last weekend, so fingers crossed, hoping to see the real thing and not having to settle for just ordering it from NetFlix.