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A collection of eight Roger Corman movies were recently released in a DVD collection, and what should make an appearance therein but that classic tale of excessive psychedelia: The Trip. Witness this trailer that will "blow your mind":
According to one reviewer:
One of the essential 1960s films to look at the popularity of psychedelic drugs, this stars Peter Fonda as a young man who takes his first LSD trip under the tutelage of Bruce Dern and Dennis Hopper. [Jack] Nicholson, who had appeared in eight Corman movies, wrote the screenplay. The movie itself is full of groovy colors, far-out designs, distorted images, tinted lenses and kaleidoscopic views.
Made for $400,000, “The Trip” took in more than $4 million within a year of its release, according to Corman biographer Beverly Gray.
Amazingly, I still haven't gotten around to seeing this thing yet. I suspect that day will come eventually...
One more reason Jack is the King. Another movie I watched repeatedly as a kid, inevitably warping my soft little pudding brain into the mutant you know today.
Nowhere Girl : 2007-09-26 07:09:19
"The Trip" is a fascinating film. I first saw a part of it in 1997 - I fell asleep before the film and woke up in the middle. :( It was shown on TV and I highly doubt whether it woulb be broadcasted today - the "social climate" has changed, it's much more conservative today. Today I have this film on CD (not DVD, I don't have a DVD player), a friend made a copy for me. The film is really great, with visionary sequences making up a large part of it. And I believe it does keep a bit of an atmosphere at the very beginning of all the hysteria surrounding the issue of psychedelics. Paul, the protagonist, doesn't seem to be too affected by it in his motivation, but the emerging disparity between the "normal society" and the counterculture can already be seen in some of the visionary fragments. I believe that's what makes this film unintendedly subversive - it just reminds of a social conflict going on, of people who suddenly abandon their well-trained lives.
With all this advice, go and get you copy now and you won't be disappointed! :)
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With all this advice, go and get you copy now and you won't be disappointed! :)
The comments posted here do not reflect the views of the owners of this site.