PrimeWire

Before watching this documentary film, I read comments and observations from other viewers on IMDB and several other review only sites. Many reviews talked about the “beauty” of this film. A few spoke of hidden mental illness. However, no one mentioned how truly disturbing and ungrateful this “Dylan” is. He isn’t free, nor is he the smiling, chilled out, hippy, street guy that the viewer first meets. As the film progresses we see how his “choice” to live on the streets in supposed “freedom” is an excuse to get drunk and receive countless handouts from people who fall for his initial guise of caring for humanity and living a life that is free to choose. One particularly disturbing example is when he throws away a bag (actually, he chucks it into the street!) of bagels because they prevent him in obtaining further cash from begging. He also lies quite a bit, whenever it suits him. The longer I watched, the more disgusted I became. This film made me angry. It’s a film about someone who has a mental illness; seemingly, it should be called “self-centered laziness”. Dylan is not an idealist; he is a scam artist…then the narrative changes. For that reason, I would (lastly) highly recommend watching this documentary to anyone who enjoys single-narrative documentaries.