MONDO HOLLYWOOD 1967
VARIETY - Mon., July 31, 1967
Cohen, with such documentaries under his belt as "Inside Red China," calls feature a ''flippy, trippy psychedelic guide to Hollywood," Not all the characters are odd-ball. Topic of LSD is given attention through shots of Dr. Richard Alpert, dismissed from Harvard for his experiment with drug; Cohen handles quadruple chores of producer-director-photographer-editor and also does the music editing.
COUNTERPUNCH - March 4, 2006
Long considered a cult classic, Mondo Hollywood captures the underside of Hollywood by documenting a moment in time (1965-67), when an inquisitive trust in the unknown was paramount, hope for the future was tangible and life was worth living on the fringe.