Instruct: Classify the given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Strictly a rental.

VHS tape was good quality, and the used price was a bargain...maybe. The film is a collage of different scenes tracking Rooks' journey to recovery. Lots of multiple exposures that are gratuitous, shots of Indian ceremonies that are not explained, and in fact that is the major flaw with this movie. "What the hell is going on and what does it mean?" We don't know because Rooks hams it up so much there isn't any time left for exposition. Barrault looks clueless and seems to be ad-libbing his role. On a more positive note, the sitar and jazz music is good. Will look for soundtrack, especially with Ornette Coleman's missing score. Nice shots of old New York and Paris, cameraman shooting over the motorcyclist shoulder is innovative for its time. Minor beatnik presence from a short cameo of Ginsberg and somelonger shots of a stiff and creaky Burroughs. The music is the best part of this movie.