The Dvd of Tiki Vol. 1- Paradise Lost (2012)

The rise and fall of backyard Polynesia

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Jochen Hirschfeld

Synopsis

Armchair traveling to the most exotic chapter of American pop culture! Come fly with us and relive the rise and fall of polynesian pop. Be there. See the places and the people. Hear the stories from eye witnesses and real tiki aficionados like Martin Denny, Leroy Schmaltz & Bob van Oosting, Eric Askew, the Bali Hai Boys, Sven Kirsten, Otto von Stroheim, Shag, Beachbum Berry and many more. The DVD OF TIKI, Vol. I “Paradise Lost” explores the origins of the myth of the Souths Seas paradise and follows a nation on their transition from the puritan 1950s to the sexual revolution of the 70s. The Sixties, the heyday of Tiki offered wild island lifestyle with exotic sounds and intoxicating concoctions without endangering the given moral and social rules at that time.

Actors

Martin Denny
Martin Denny
Leroy Schmaltz
Leroy Schmaltz
Bob van Oosting
Bob van Oosting
Sven Kirsten
Sven Kirsten

Crews

Jochen Hirschfeld
Jochen Hirschfeld
Director
Jochen Hirschfeld
Jochen Hirschfeld
Producer
Christian Lang
Christian Lang
Co-Director