A young man is transporting a lavish bus across Florida to a specific destination, picking up two female oddballs from California, getting lost and trapped within the Everglades swamp after a detour sends him off route.
The remainder of the film details the trio, how both girls enter sexual relations with their male transporter. We also see inside the psychology of all three. How astrology spiritualist Maureen(Gini Eastwood), rambling on about Pazuzu and the goddess Apollos, was molested by her Catholic priest. A look at Carol's(Jill Senter) first sexual experience. Or, how living in an oppressive environment with his domineering, demanding, overbearing mother shaped Chuck(Alan Long)into the free-spirit he soon become. Each character has reasons for the type of person they are.
Carol, with all of her expressive sensuality, seems to have stopped maturing psychologically at the age of 13. Carol takes to this tiger doll as if it's real, chatting and toying with it as if she were an adolescent.
Chuck just doesn't adhere to the pressures exhibited across the phone from his employer(Tom Quinn)who pleads with him to get the bus to it's desired location on time. Chuck's past with a mother(..there's a hint of possible incest) seems to have deprived him of pleasures he now seeks after, without a care about societal demand.
Maureen is wrought with troublesome dementia, receiving visits from a clown and politician, not to mention this goddess. There's evidence throughout that practically all we see within the landscape of the enchanting Everglades setting could be a product of Maureen's mind.
This movie is way out there("Woah, far out man")..I would certainly classify / categorize this as "weird cinema", probably deriving from some sort of drug-induced state. A collection of dreams / fantasies culled from the use of some kind of trippy acid. Unlike other films of this type(..if there's a film as oddball as this), director Bernard Hirschenson has serious talent, his cinematography and editing quite impressive despite the enigmatic nature of John Winter's script..there's a kind of power the movie has due to the visual work and alluring location. Injecting an assortment of strange situations and characters(..who may or may not be real, perhaps a product of Maureen's mental state), accompanied by musical interludes, accentuates the dream-like spirit Hirschenson seems to be striving for.
The leads are quite beautiful and Hirschenson's camera worships their every pore. I do forewarn future viewers interested in Pick Up, it's not exactly worried about forwarding a plot to you in the usual fashion, opting instead to leisurely explore the dynamic of relationships and the environment of an otherworldly place.
The remainder of the film details the trio, how both girls enter sexual relations with their male transporter. We also see inside the psychology of all three. How astrology spiritualist Maureen(Gini Eastwood), rambling on about Pazuzu and the goddess Apollos, was molested by her Catholic priest. A look at Carol's(Jill Senter) first sexual experience. Or, how living in an oppressive environment with his domineering, demanding, overbearing mother shaped Chuck(Alan Long)into the free-spirit he soon become. Each character has reasons for the type of person they are.
Carol, with all of her expressive sensuality, seems to have stopped maturing psychologically at the age of 13. Carol takes to this tiger doll as if it's real, chatting and toying with it as if she were an adolescent.
Chuck just doesn't adhere to the pressures exhibited across the phone from his employer(Tom Quinn)who pleads with him to get the bus to it's desired location on time. Chuck's past with a mother(..there's a hint of possible incest) seems to have deprived him of pleasures he now seeks after, without a care about societal demand.
Maureen is wrought with troublesome dementia, receiving visits from a clown and politician, not to mention this goddess. There's evidence throughout that practically all we see within the landscape of the enchanting Everglades setting could be a product of Maureen's mind.
This movie is way out there("Woah, far out man")..I would certainly classify / categorize this as "weird cinema", probably deriving from some sort of drug-induced state. A collection of dreams / fantasies culled from the use of some kind of trippy acid. Unlike other films of this type(..if there's a film as oddball as this), director Bernard Hirschenson has serious talent, his cinematography and editing quite impressive despite the enigmatic nature of John Winter's script..there's a kind of power the movie has due to the visual work and alluring location. Injecting an assortment of strange situations and characters(..who may or may not be real, perhaps a product of Maureen's mental state), accompanied by musical interludes, accentuates the dream-like spirit Hirschenson seems to be striving for.
The leads are quite beautiful and Hirschenson's camera worships their every pore. I do forewarn future viewers interested in Pick Up, it's not exactly worried about forwarding a plot to you in the usual fashion, opting instead to leisurely explore the dynamic of relationships and the environment of an otherworldly place.