Surf's Up

Rent "Surfwise".

It's an amazing documenary about the Paskowitz family who grew up in the 60's in a van down by the river, actually more like the ocean. A family of 2 parents and 9 kids decided to live off the grid in a beat up camper, spending their days together - really together - since they all lived in like one big car. They'd surf and laugh and talk and surf and not much else.

The movie tracks them all as adults and how they've found success and failure due to their unusual upbringing. While I don't agree that not giving your child a strong education is a wise thing, you kind of get sucked in to the endearing , love-is-all-you-need" aura these guys give off. By the end of it, Greg and I were looking at Airstreams. Then I remembered how much I love my MacBook Pro and my Burt's Bees and Redken products and my pillow top mattress and well, we scratched that.

Anyway, it's cool movie. And it makes you realize how much the world has changed in just 40 years. You could almost get away with living in a van on the beach back then.

Great music, nice art direction and a solid documentary style featuring showing both the black, white and gray of all its stars.