'Following Sean' speaks to a generation

In the late '60s, Ralph Arlyck moved to Haight-Ashbury at the height of the hippie scene. Charles Manson lived across the street and the consummate flower-power couple lived upstairs. Arlyck made a 15-minute student film about their precocious 4-year-old son. Twenty-five years later, Arlyck returns to San Francisco to find out what happened to Sean. His journey also becomes something of a quest inside himself. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A followup to the controversial 1969 short titled "Sean," about a precocious four-year-old boy in Haight Ashbury. As a child, Sean talked of eating pot, cops busting heads and speed freaks. This sequel reconnects with Sean in his 30s, working as an electrician, and explores the changes in his family.

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Upstate Films
'Following Sean'

Director: Ralph Arlyck
Starring: Ralph Arlyck, Sean Farrell
Run time: 88 minutes
Rating: Not rated, but there is drug use.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B+
"Character-driven and full of tender contradictions, the film is reminiscent of a Chekhov short story. And as such, it touches on a universality that transcends VW buses and Bush-era politics."


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