The 1960s radicals who tried to f*ck their way to revolution — literally.
A harrowing, gorgeous, in-your-face-and-mind 45-minute black-and-white film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant. “Marty Topp’s beautiful film of ‘Paradise Now’ reveals how the theories of revolutionary change and the experience of sexual liberation are not separate paths to the beautiful nonviolent anarchist revolution. Practiced together they are a single thrust, encompassing both political action and sensual joy, leading to the dreamed-of terrestrial paradise.
Direction
Topp's invasive camera makes you complicit in every bare moment.
Production
Shot in the actual performances — no safety net, no distance.
Director
Marty Topp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Living Theatre were actual fugitives during this tour — Beck and Malina had been convicted on obscenity charges in 1964 and were performing while technically avoiding imprisonment.
Ira Cohen's 'mylar chamber' photography aesthetic bleeds into the film's look — that warped, hallucinated quality isn't accidental, it's his entire visual philosophy.
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