Actual overheard conversation in the lobby of Anthology Film Archives at the end of this screening: “That wasn’t that nearly the pretentions mess I was hoping for.” And it isn’t a mess. Well, a minor mess. . .but a mess is sometimes okay. One must be fair and say that it is a tad over ambitious, but the movie is 100% enjoyable. A slap in the face to Hollywood, a hippie escapist dream (Laszlo Kovacs’ location photography from Peru is stunning), a Burroughs-esque “cut up,” Christ metaphor, revisionist Western, death trip, music video, Casavettes-esque relationship mindfuck (upper middleclass Americans getting on the wife-swap bandwagon is always good territory for some fabulous scenes) and, most importantly, a moment to remind us that, shit, Dennis Hopper is a really good actor. Anyway, this is the film that basically ended his directing career. I didn’t find it non-linear at all. Recommended (but not on a blown out pan-and-scan VHS.) Sam Fuller cameo a plus.