Seems like You Are What You Eat is a lost example of the maxim, "never trust a hippie with a camera". I ran across a second hand video of a rather poor quality copy of this film, several dubbing generations beyond its origin. The copy I have is only 40 minutes long and there's no sign of Frank Zappa, musically or otherwise. What's left is a pointless but sometimes charming collection of film clips from the 60s that serve as a reminder of the cultural foment of the period. The highlight is the German helmet commercial, where we see a number of children--black and white!--wearing Nazi helmets and officers caps. The live footage of Tiny Tim seems to have been intercut with crowd footage from Beatles concerts (probably at Candlestick Park)and features him warbling I Got You Babe with an equally tuneless (but cute) female counterpart. And who can forget the sight of a shirtless Barry McGuire doing some psychedelic frugging? It's so good the filmmaker chose to include the same scene twice! There's a brief glimpse of David Crosby in his best '67 regalia. The Family Dog eat flowers in the park, thus providing the film's title. The rest of the film consists of young people dancing with gay abandon. At 40 minutes it's just the right length; if a 75 minute cut truly exists somewhere I'm not sure I could stand it.
Review of You Are What You Eat
