A forgotten gem from 1970, Up in the Cellar is a time capsule piece that wonderfully captures the time period of the late 60's / early 70's struggle on and off the college campus in America. The movie is a comedy but tackles multiple issues of the time including: government, higher education, capitalism, revolution. Suicide, communication and sex. Wes Stern portrays the perfect representation of the everyday weakling of the time period. The average lost youth of the lost generation, Wes Stern is nothing less than a riddle on screen as well as off. His type of Actor has disappeared from cinema. In this story, his oddness adds to the realness of this fairy tale told in a satirical setting of 1969 America. 50 years later, this movie is important to examine on where this society has become.
