Friday, March 06, 2009

Altered States (1980)

A scientist uses himself in a series of psychological/biological experiments involving isolation and psychedelic drugs. His friends and wife worry about him. The main character was inspired in John Lilly.

"Science"-fiction . The film's dullness is in direct proportion to the hysteria displayed by its characters. A feeling of self-parody is pervasive throughout the movie, yet the tone is so unflinchingly serious that one can never be sure of the author's awareness of the ridiculousness of the whole thing.

Rating: 33

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