What do Easter Island, Elvis Presley films, Hawaii, Carmen Miranda, and some tattooed Southern Californians have in common? All these icons are part of “Tiki”, a cultural and aesthetic movement that sprung up in the ’90s in California and today has followers around the world, even in Brazil. They come together once a year at Fort Lauderdale, in Florida, to drink exotic cocktails, listen to surf music, watch retro fashion shows and dream about Polynesia.
Forget about whether or not you like or agree with the subject. The question is, was it a well made film? I think it was. Can it teach you something? It did, me.
