The Innerview

The Innerview

North American Restoration Premiere

In person: actor Joanna Bochco, film preservationist Ross Lipman.

North American Restoration Premiere

In person: actor Joanna Bochco, film preservationist Ross Lipman.

Richard Beymer, star of 1961’s West Side Story, playfully filmed in and around Big Sur, California, with his friends in the early ’70s. What started with no specific concept or goal turned into a mind-blowing, mystical feature reflecting the era of psychedelic consciousness, complete with collages of hypnotic imagery and a meticulously curated soundtrack. This screening presents the recently restored 1975 version, supervised by Beymer as part of his ongoing revision of his life’s work.

Note by Hyesung ii.
DIRECTED BY: Richard Beymer. WITH: Richard Beymer, Joanna Frank. 1975 version. 89 min. USA. Color. English. DCP. Digitally restored and remastered in 2023 by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts, Philadelphia and Northeast Historic Film, with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation, Ron and Suzanne Naples, and Richard Beymer. Restoration supervised by Ross Lipman in consultation with Richard Beymer.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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