Gorgeously acted and shot, and perfectly understated. The depiction of the vast, cold academic's house filled with dope smoking nit-ridden children was particularly excellent.
For all its groundbreaking qualities at the time, it struck me as a thematically conservative film in some ways - this is free love but of a sort that leaves its characters ultimately abandoned, wanting commitment that is never given. That said, one might equally point out that the monogamous relationships of the film - whether…
