Some scenes seems to be acted in this documentary(my favourite ever by the way),mostly that part where the 2 surfers are haunted by an african tribe leader, it's so 60's comedy.
The greatest part in my opinion is when they are in cape town and ALL the surfers around drive a long way just to meet them.
I believe the "African" in that scene is actually the director in costume lol he makes a cameo later in the film showing where he got hit in the head with the camera after falling off his board.
I love this movie. Never surfed a day in my life. Something very magical about traveling the world following summer. It captures a time and place that just doesn't exist anymore (if it ever really did).
My favorite parts are where the boys always make friends with the "natives" (ie bikini clad girls) lol
Totally agree. lmao when they were staring at the girls' bikinis :)
it was like: Damn, what is that?! They look so fine and naked! Never leaving Aussieland
The Senegal and Ghana parts were awesome! SA as well.
So glad I managed to find this film, loved it.
The acting parts is all about normal people 'acting' when somebody sticks a camera in front of you; it came out utterly natural.
La jeunesse sait ce qu'elle ne veut pas avant de savoir ce qu'elle veut
"Some scenes seems to be acted in this documentary..."
You're right and Bruce Brown has never denied that parts of the film were staged/acted to "enhance" the narrative thread and increase the entertainment factor, especially when it came to appealing to non - surfing audiences.
The "trip through the African jungle" was actually in a Californian backyard and according to the "Endless Summer Revisited", that was the producer R.Paul Allen, black-faced in the "scary" tribal leader role.
Similarly the "discovery" of Cape St.Francis was thoroughly dramatised with Brown coming out with a classic line in the ESR ..."I figured those sand dunes had to be good for something."
Many of the surf films of the period had examples of wacky/cheesy humour in them. I don't think these moments detract from the quality of the film at all. Without that sort of stuff it truly wouldn't have been a Bruce Brown film. As you say..."it's so 60's comedy".