Plastic Paradise: A Swingin' Trip Through America's Polynesian Obsession (2013)
54 min
Plastic Paradise is the first documentary to chronicle the rise, fall, and resurgence of tiki, or Polynesian pop, one of the defining cultural trends of postwar America. Think South Pacific, candy-colored, rum-infused cocktails with names like the Shrunken Skull and the Missionary's Downfall, crazy Hawaiian shirts, exotica music, and a nonstop party scene inhabited by self-styled nonconformists. That was then. Today, tiki has been embraced by a coast-to-coast underground hipster subculture of former punk rockers, vintage junkies, and escapists. Featuring historians and hula dancers, master mixologists, mermaids, and more, Plastic Paradise is your ticket to this little-known, fascinating scene, including a pilgrimage to the famed Mai-Kai Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale for Hukilau, an annual anything goes celebration that draws Polynesian popsters from all over the world.
- Data de estreia
- 9 de junho de 2013
- País de origem
- Ainda indisponível
Elenco
- Josh 'Shag' Agle como Self
- Jeff 'Beachbum' Berry como Self
- Drew Birch como Narrator
- Richard Boccato como Self
- Tiki Bob Brooks como Self
- Mike Buhen como Self
- Wayne Coombs como Self
- Richard Coyle como Self
- Tim 'Swanky' Glazner como Self
- Harold Golen como Self
Equipe
- Brett O'Bourke · Diretor(a)
- Gaspar González · Roteirista
- Gaspar González · Produtor(a)
- Brett O'Bourke · Produtor(a)
- Richard Patterson · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Jorge Rubiera · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Jorge Rubiera · Editor(a)