This was a very good Documentary in what is becoming a very crowded Cult Documentary genre. It is always sad how people start out with an idealistic vision of the World and how people should live, and somehow it always gets corrupted along the way. The Film Maker really did an exceptional job walking the viewer through the history of Synanon and how her perspective and feelings about living and being part of this movement as a child changed over time. Her Parents and many of the Synanon Members, both former addicts and not, really seemed like decent people. It's too bad a non-Cult hasn't taken the place of this organization to provide a lifeline to the ever growing number of drug addicts today.
It remains a Mystery why people enjoyed playing the Synanon Game (which does not look like much fun), or why Utopian Communities always fail. Perhaps topics for a future documentary!
Worth Watching!
It remains a Mystery why people enjoyed playing the Synanon Game (which does not look like much fun), or why Utopian Communities always fail. Perhaps topics for a future documentary!
Worth Watching!