The bus is painted yellow, the acid is free, and America will never be the same.
This is a documentary on Ken Kesey and the group of hippies that "followed" him in the late 50s/60s. They had this yellow painted school-bus with a plate "Further" on its front and travelled the whole US spreading LSD and their concept of individualism, self-invention and freedom. The documentary shows a lot of the footage that was shot on 16mm during the travels with the bus, and a ton of interviews with friends and family of Ken Kesey.
Production
16mm footage that literally defined the psychedelic aesthetic.
Editing
Chaotic structure mirroring the Pranksters' own trip.
Director
Michael Reuter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most of the bus footage was shot by the Pranksters themselves while actively tripping, making them accidental pioneers of first-person documentary.
The film reveals Kesey's later regret that 'Further' became a corporate symbol for selling hippie culture back to itself — the bus at Bonnaroo is not the same bus.
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