Set in the 1960s, this Sin City movie by little-known director Henry Spencer is heavy on nostalgia and satire and disinterested in plot. I enjoyed it for the barrage of mainly beatnik comedy routines.
Despite the title, the action doesn't concern the beach, except for a surfer character (Gerry Pike) and credits background footage of the surf and sand.
Instead we're indoors, opening amusingly with Sarah Jane Hamilton as a performance artist reciting doggerel poetry, punctuated by her partner Buck Adams on percussion. They segue to live sex together for an audience of hipsters, led by Tony Tedeschi wearing shades and black garb and talking beat lingo.
The level of verbal comedy is not much beyond throwing in a "Daddy-O" and other cliches. Tony picks up fellow audience member Rebecca Wild and they have a hot sex scene back home. Wall posters for Elvis and the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" evoke the period, along with the costuming. Director Spencer prentiously intercuts the sex scene with closeups of nostalgic nude femme photo playing cards -vintage cheesecake.
Wild's best friend is Sindee Coxx, and they play around like teens or even younger, having water pistol fights and dancing around together when not engaging in lesbian sex.
Though she gets crummy billing, obscure actress Dominique Bouche wraps up the movie with two strong sex scenes: anal sex with Gerry Pike and then a threesome with Buck and Tony.
Movie ends pointlessly and aribitrarily with Rebecca waking up and reading a Dear John style note from her girlfriend left on her pillow, too bad.
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