Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up

See there; a mock orgy in the High Desert.
A 20 mule team from Joseph Chaikin’s Open Theater,
writhing around in all that arid sand and volcanic dust.
Amidst the Playas and the Stardunes. Amongst the fossilized
remains of mastodons and camels and old gold prospectors.
And you may dig it. Or you may choose not to.
But the sun is beating down on them. And, man, it’s pretty far out.
And yes, it may also be in possible violation of The Mann Act of 1910.
The Girl is wearing turquoise, and has hair which snakes
all the way down her back to her naked intergluteal cleft.
The Boy has a loaded pistol in his sock. Which he removes.
Neither Girl nor Boy have had an previous acting experience.
Howls of derision await them. The front cover of ‘Rolling Stone’ awaits them.
Marriage to Dennis Lee Hopper for one.
Death in the state penitentiary for the other.
Listen, can you hear the sound of Jerry Garcia
swirling amongst those convex badland convolutions?
Roscoe Holcomb, John Fahey and The Pink Floyd too.
But stay tuned brothers and sisters, for there are going to be fireworks.
And then some. In slow-motion. And from multiple angles.
Using miniatures. And long-lenses. And the pages
of that there National Geographic
will be left blowing in the wind.

Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin TV Interview

That controversial "orgy" scene from 'Zabriskie Point'