Report from Millbrook
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Jonas Mekas� elegant report on a Poughkeepsie police department�s raid of Timothy Leary�s base-of-operations amply demonstrates the political potential of his diary filmmaking. The film�s protest is lodged in the disjunction between sound and image, with Mekas� intimate, idyllic footage of the Millbrook property undercutting audio of the sheriff�s fear-mongering rationales. The interview was itself an act of subterfuge as East Village Other writer Bob Simmons posed as a buttoned-up reporter from the solidly mainstream Look to get his exclusive. As Simmons simply gives the sheriff enough rope to hang himself, Mekas� montage leaves the outrage to the audience. - Max Goldberg