Underplayed Gems

Grass Roots

Grass Roots poster
Genre
independent film
Country
United Kingdom
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows a trio of stoner characters in the 1960s counterculture. They focus on getting and using marijuana while dodging the police. The story pokes fun at authority figures and the hippie lifestyle itself.

whimsicalirreverentcomediclaid-backsatiricalchaoticlow-stakesnostalgic

What happens

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about a fictional trio of stoner characters, created by the American artist Gilbert Shelton. The Freak Brothers first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in May 1968, and were regularly reprinted in underground publications around the United States and in other parts of the world. Later their adventures were published in a series of comic books. The lives of the Freak Brothers revolve around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana, while avoiding run-ins with law enforcement. The comics present a critique of the establishment while satirizing the counterculture. Fat Freddy's Cat appears in many of the stories, spinning off his own cartoon strip (which appeared as part of the Freak Brothers comic page, in the manner of older comic strip double features) and later some full-length episodes. An animated TV series adaptation, The Freak Brothers, was released on Tubi on November 14, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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