Last Hippie Standing

"Last Hippie Standing" is a video clip style portrait about the hippie generation. Thirty years ago, this was a movement which came to Goa to find something they couldn't find at home. Many returned, a few stayed. Goa, the hippie paradise of the 60's is our point where we start to search for "the last hippies". This former Portuguese colony in the south of India was for many the final destination after adventurous travels through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dreamlike untouched beaches promised to be a new holy land, which was also the spritual basis for Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". After viewing historical Super8 material we started searching for the famous beaches and found a new youth culture which seemed to be similar to the old hippie culture.


　　Raver, Part-Time-Hippies, Backpacker und "normal" people enjoyed the beaches. We met people from Japan, Israel, Australia and the UK. Anjuna Beach is the center of the infamous Goa parties. Here, the millenium celebrations promised the best of all Goa parties. This is where the youth of the world demonstrated their understanding of fun.

A salute to hippies, to 170 bpm, to Arambol and Anjuna, to Goa.

关于Goa,关于嬉皮,关于对于生命的看法和理解。对于亚文化不应是偏激地认为其为另类和颓废。嬉皮是贯穿历史，所有社会形态中，看得最清楚的一类人。爱与和平不只是一句口号，也许对于这个世界来说微不足道，但是对自己无限大的内心来讲，相信爱，祈求和平，付诸于实际，一切都会变好