Tripping in Films

[DwayneHoover]

I believe that if you represent drugs in any film there's a "guideline" that states you are forbidden from glamourising or making drug use look positive in any way.

I think that's the main reason why all representations of drugs in films are shit.

Not Renegade/Blueberry by Jan Kounen. The use of psychedelics is a KEY part of the redemption, forgiveness and healing of the main character. It's a GOOD ending, facilitated by the drugs & the shamen.e

See above.

 

[atara]

I believe that if you represent drugs in any film there's a "guideline" that states you are forbidden from glamourising or making drug use look positive in any way.

I think that's the main reason why all representations of drugs in films are shit.

What about Zombieland? Cannabis has never looked cooler than in Bill Murray's mansion during the apocalypse.

 

[Ismene]

Imo, this is the main reason many drug films may not have such a happy ending's (a.k.a you can show drug use within film but it must lead to some sort of negative ending)

Yeah - like pulp fiction, you can have a few minutes of "Look ma, drugs are groovy" action but then the woman has to overdose. I havn't seen Dwaynes renegade film but I've never seen a film where drug use was seen as positive.

Not Renegade/Blueberry by Jan Kounen. The use of psychedelics is a KEY part of the redemption, forgiveness and healing of the main character. It's a GOOD ending, facilitated by the drugs & the shamen.e

Although according to a review of the film the identity of the "drug" they take isn't disclosed. Perhaps if you pretend it's some "magical liquid" rather than a real drug you can get away with a little more.

What about Zombieland?

Not seen it atara, I think the furthur away from reality you are the more you can squeeze in. So if you're taking a drug surrounded by zombies you've got more chance than if you're a young guy in an everyday situation.

In "Shrooms" you get a little bit at the start where someone says "Shrooms are great dude" but then everybody has to die in agony.

 

[red22]

Harvard Man (2001)

Filmmaker Toback survived eight-day LSD binge

 

[Ismene]

^^

What's that silly bastard Toback talking about? He was on LSD for 8 days? I'm calling bullshit on that. And then he went to someone for the "antidote" to LSD? What shit. My guess is he took half a tab, couldn't handle his high and then made u p this story so he could sound like "cool".

 

[Flickering]

Although according to a review of the film the identity of the "drug" they take isn't disclosed. Perhaps if you pretend it's some "magical liquid" rather than a real drug you can get away with a little more.

I saw YouTube commenters on that scene saying: "Yep, they're drinking peyote. And that's exactly what it's like."

8) Peyote. That is mescaline?

No.

 

[red22]

^^

What's that silly bastard Toback talking about? He was on LSD for 8 days? I'm calling bullshit on that. And then he went to someone for the "antidote" to LSD? What shit. My guess is he took half a tab, couldn't handle his high and then made u p this story so he could sound like "cool".

In The History Channel's The Stoned Ages and the Harvard Independent article, Harvard in the Sky with Diamonds*, the amount reported is 100,000 mcg. (he personally speaks to the camera in in the History channel thing).

* http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/5387192

 

[Ismene]

I saw YouTube commenters on that scene saying: "Yep, they're drinking peyote. And that's exactly what it's like."

God help us. That was probably Dwayne saying that

 

[spinne]

The only kind of movies I personally enjoy the most while high are over the top comedies like tropic thunder. I have tried many times with movies with more FX like Tron and transformers but... they just don't have anything extra for me... I actually focus a lot on the little details and shit that doesn't make any sense (like some static clouds in the background or shit like that). Movies with a strong emotional point of view only have a bigger effect on me if the music is spot on. Try watching Inmortal Beloved on LSD...