Tikis in films - General Tiki

T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 3:20 PM A quick tikis-in-films fix free on the net: the movie CALIFORNIA DREAMING (1979) is on hulu for free viewing in full. It starts out very promisingly. In the first five minutes, beach and surfing scenes transition to the protagonist making his way to a beachside bar ("Duke's Vista Del Mar") with pretty large tiki at the entrance and a nice, beach/nautical interior, where he and the owner start talking about, and listening to, cool / West Coast - type jazz like two hip cats from the old school. Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Unfortunately, that's where it peaks, at about the 5 minute mark. I watched it all, but can't recommend doing so unless you share my peculiar fondness for lowbrow pop culture from the Carter years. SoCal hands will also enjoy recognizing the locations, mostly beach and surfing related. Other than that, well, those first 5 minutes do have a tiki. Oh yeah, and there's one excellent quote: "Surfers are the Shriners of the beach." http://www.hulu.com/watch/32168/california-dreaming

A quick tikis-in-films fix free on the net: the movie CALIFORNIA DREAMING (1979) is on hulu for free viewing in full. It starts out very promisingly. In the first five minutes, beach and surfing scenes transition to the protagonist making his way to a beachside bar ("Duke's Vista Del Mar") with pretty large tiki at the entrance and a nice, beach/nautical interior, where he and the owner start talking about, and listening to, cool / West Coast - type jazz like two hip cats from the old school.

Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Unfortunately, that's where it peaks, at about the 5 minute mark. I watched it all, but can't recommend doing so unless you share my peculiar fondness for lowbrow pop culture from the Carter years. SoCal hands will also enjoy recognizing the locations, mostly beach and surfing related. Other than that, well, those first 5 minutes do have a tiki. Oh yeah, and there's one excellent quote: "Surfers are the Shriners of the beach."

http://www.hulu.com/watch/32168/california-dreaming

Post #513705 by Thomas on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 3:20 PM