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Convinced that it will help him unlock different states of consciousness, Harvard research scientist and psychology professor Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) subjects himself to experiments in sensory deprivation combined with powerful hallucinogenic drugs. Despite experiencing a host of unexplained mental and physical changes, Jessup is determined to continue his research. But the more time he spends in the isolation tank, the more extreme the physiological changes become, and his grip on reality starts to slip away…
Ken Russell, USA 1980, 18, 102mins
“It opens at fever pitch and then starts soaring – into genetic fantasy, into a precognitive dream of delirium and delight”
–Time
“A fiendishly constructed visual and verbal roller coaster, a movie deliberately intended to overwhelm its audiences with sensual excess”
–Roger Ebert
The film will be preceded by a talk from Dr Andrea Rinke, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Kingston University London, who will discuss the film within the wider context of the ‘Drug Experience Film’ mini-genre.
Where: The Institute of Light, 376 Helmsley Place, London Fields, E8 3SB
When: Monday 15th May 2017 // doors 7pm, talk 7:30pm, film 8pm
Tickets: £5 via The Space Merchants
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