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There are so many, but I will name a few of my faves.
Liquid Sky: Miniature alien lands on cheapo Manhattan penthouse rooftop to soak up the brain chemicals from orgasms and heroin abuse of the residents. The foul mouthed girl who channels Yoko Ono at a club and wears the sleep shades as a hat is a riot. My favorite scene is where she thinks the Russian scientist who is trying to warn her about the alien on her roof is a narcotics agent.
Up in Smoke: Cheech and Chong's first and funniest movie. Three Stooges minus one eternally looking for some good weed. Cheap, but funny. It skewered the punk scene pretty well too.
Dead Babies (UK)/Mood Swingers (USA): based on Martin Amis' second novel about a clash of American and British youth cultures is original and has a mean streak a mile wide and very nasty sense of humor. My only complaint is they left out Keith's torturing of his neighbors.
2001: A Space Odyssey: This is technically not a drug movie, but the tagline was "The Ultimate Trip." Coming out at the height of the psychedelia phenomenon, it's pretty obvious what the reference is about. This film is a classic and is one of two or three films that I know of that actually lets space be silent.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Only Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp could bring the insanity that was Hunter S. Thompson and his Samoan attorney to the screen. It was a little slow and creaky in spots, but for the most part I think they captured the spirit, humor and the insanity of the book.
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:slaps head: How did I foget Naked Lunch. I just bought the DVD.
Wizard of Oz: The scene where Dorothy gets drugged by the poppies.
I haven't seen a movie that really captures the nature of an hallucinogenic trip. A couple of scenes in The Doors and Fear and Loathing came close.
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Originally posted by monolith94
Labyrinth actually has a very nice hallucinogenic sequence. When Connelly bites the peach, she's totally tripping. Henson very accurately captures the surreal atmosphere of a dream-vision. |
I haven't watched Labyrinth in years. I'll have to watch it, just to see that scene again.
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:18
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The Lost Weekend- Ray Milland climbs into and out of and back into the bottle.
Reefer Madness (self-explanatory):
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Dr Carroll (Josef Forte), a high-school principal, warns a group of parents against the dangers of marijuana. He illustrates his point by telling the story of Bill (Kenneth Craig) and Mary (Dorothy Short), two of his students whose lives were destroyed by the drug. A crime ring operated within their town, which hooked teenagers on marijuana by supplying free reefers at parties given at an apartment owned by Mae (Thelma White) and Jack (Carleton Young).These parties were attended by Ralph (Dave O'Brien), an older student attracted to Mary, and Blanche (Lillian Miles), one of the crime gang who was interested in Bill. One day Mary's younger brother, Jimmy (Warren McCullum), took Bill with him to Mae's apartment, where Blanche quickly hooked him on the drug. Jimmy went driving while high, and hit and killed a pedestrian. Bill began an affair with Blanche. Mary went to Mae's apartment looking for Jimmy, and accepted a reefer from Ralph, who then tried to seduce her. Bill came out of the bedroom, and hallucinated that Mary was stripping for Ralph. He attacked Ralph, and as the two were fighting, Jack tried to break it up by hitting Bill with the butt of his gun. The gun went off, and Mary was killed. Jack made Bill believe he had killed Mary. At Bill's trial, Dr Carroll testified that he knew all of Bill's behaviour was due to his use of marijuana. Jack and Mae kept Ralph at Mae's apartment so he wouldn't tell the police what really happened. Ralph went insane through his drug use and beat Jack to death. The police arrested Ralph, Mae and Blanche. Mae talked, and the criminal gang was rounded up. Blanche explained that Bill was innocent, and he was released. Ralph was put in an asylum. Blanche committed suicide. |
http://www.reefer-madness-movie.com/
It's a hoot.
Roger Corman's 'The Trip'- it's far out and groovy.
And of course 'The Third Man'- bootleg penicillin.
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The French Connection.
I love Gene Hackman in almost everything he does, especially Unforgiven and The Conversation, but why on earth did he get best actor for this film? His character seems pretty one dimensional. Wearing that stupid hat while being undercover seemed to make him stand out like a sore thumb. The reason I say he was one dimensional is because he starts off angry, explodes with anger a few times and ends up angry. WTF? I guess the academy was just recognizing a major new talent.
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