I don't know how I ever happened upon this movie when I saw it the first time around. Was it on TV? I think this was even before VHS tapes and corner video stores, at least where I was living. Something about the movie struck me at that time. I'd forgotten about it and years later I tried to track it down. It wasn't until only a few years ago living in Spain that I finally found it, as now you can find everything in seconds. There are no "lost classics" or lost anything on the internet.
California Dreaming goes beyond the usual adolescent coming-of-age stories of boobs and boners that have been done a million times, not that this one is particularly masterful, it's just different. It introduces the protagonist (as well as the rest of America and the planet) to the strange world of Southern California beach culture.
I could forgive anyone who thinks less of this movie than I, but I think that if you watch it with an open mind, you just may find a bit of magic in it as I did over 40 years ago. Man, I wouldn't say that time flies, but sometimes you seem to lose track of the clock. But life is a little like football; no one knows how much time is left in the game.
California Dreaming goes beyond the usual adolescent coming-of-age stories of boobs and boners that have been done a million times, not that this one is particularly masterful, it's just different. It introduces the protagonist (as well as the rest of America and the planet) to the strange world of Southern California beach culture.
I could forgive anyone who thinks less of this movie than I, but I think that if you watch it with an open mind, you just may find a bit of magic in it as I did over 40 years ago. Man, I wouldn't say that time flies, but sometimes you seem to lose track of the clock. But life is a little like football; no one knows how much time is left in the game.