I figure we should start a thread suggesting movies to watch in a psychedelic setting.

One movie that is a healthy, thought provoking watch is “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”, a sort of a human nature kind of film with a comforting, symbolic plot.

Re: Psychedelic Movies

Bergan’s stuff is great. Hour of the Wolf and this one he did of a dream he had are both very engaging, if slightly disturbing.

Does anyone know where I can get a region 2 dvd of Dr Lao?

Also check out ‘Lapis’ directed by James Whitney for some early psychedelic sorcery.

nice topic

i’d recommend:

altered states (the “i’m on fucking fire” sample in shamanix comes from here)
aeon flux (the animated series, not the movie)
in the mouth of madness (saw it again later though and wasn’t impressed)

but NOT urotsukidoji: legend of the overfiend :shock:

‘Demon Seed’ rocks - “I have not had time to brainwash you so please listen carefully.”

Julie Christie raped by a robot - fucking machines anyone?

Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie P

The classic psychedelic movie has got to be Fear and Loathing but I’m not sure it’s the best movie to watch when under the influence yourself…

I find the best movies to watch when in a psychedelic environment are easy to watch, nice to look at, movies like Spirited Away or the Monty Python movies.

But that’s just me…

agreed peth, spirited away is possibly the weirdest film i have ever seen, the word surreal applies to this film more than any other i can think of

i thought aeon flux was pretty cool as well recently, visiolly stunning. its also one of those films you just have to turn the sound up and listen

the cube

austiN powerS c-ries

iwould suggest somany but i dont remember right now
steven king & carpenter they are really wicked

aeon flux (the animated series, not the movie)

I watched most of the series while in the “proper frame of mind” when it first came out, but it didn’t really work for me. There was too much “Hey look at our weird for the sake of weird shit! Isn’t it trippy?” kind of thing. It came across as too forced in that circumstance. For animated films, I prefer more childlike yet still intelligent works like The Nightmare Before Christmas. Great music too.

There are the trippy Beatles movies: Yellow Submarine and Magical Mystery Tour.  Pretty far out and keeps it easy with the jams.

Waking life is a realy trippy movie! the dream sample in Beija flor comes from this movie. my signature to..

Crouching tiger hidden dragon,Animatrix and Fear n loathing in las vegas
Different styles but all psychedelic in a way…

Some nice animated movies you might wanna check out: Jan Svankmajer (especially Alice & Faust), Raoul Servais (Harpya).  And then you have the more dark & twisted directors like David Cronenberg (Spider, Naked Lunch) Lynch (Lost Highway, Eraserhead) and Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Santa Sangre, Holy Mountain).  L’ours by Jean Jacques Annaud is also very good. It’s about a young bear who loses his mother & trips on Amanitas.  Quite Shpongled stuff this is.  Microcosmos & Hour of the Wolf keep amazing me.  Great movies!

[quote author=“psilo”]Waking life is a realy trippy movie! the dream sample in Beija flor comes from this movie. my signature to..

one of my favourite animated movies

i like Mirror Mask also

Well, I personally think “Dolls” by Takeshi Kitano (1) is a good movie.

The following is a quick review I wrote on another message forum:
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So after buying “Dolls” and watching it three times, as well as loaning to out another person, it’s obvious that certain movies are like a Rorschach Test to the viewer. This one would be no exception.

The plot:

Three vignettes focused on the relationships of three seperate couples; with some very slight intertwineing.

Vignette one is about a yuppie that was forced to leave his girlfriend that he proposed to, in order to marry the daughter of the CEO of the company he works for. He finds out (on the day of his wedding) that the girlfriend he left attempted suicide, and is now in a mental hospital. He leaves the wedding and checks his “girlfriend” out of the hospital. Adventures transpire…

Vignette two is about a yakuza boss that starts to recall his ex-girlfriend from 40 years prior. When the yakuza boss remembers his ex-girlfriend, he instructs his driver and bodyguard to take him to the location where he last saw her. Adventures transpire…

Vignette three is about a fanboy/otaku and a J-pop female singer. The fanboy is completely obsessed with her, but she takes no real notice towards him (or any of her other fans for that matter). For a particular reason she decides to drop out of public view; but the fanboy is willing to go “that extra mile” in order to see her. Adventures transpire…

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Anyway, people that have watched this movie have expressed certain interest in how well the story/essay was constructed, the meaning of it, and perhaps the tragicalness of it all. I still recommend this movie to anyone that is tired of the mindless American concept of cinema

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Anyway, the cinematography as the film progresses is absolutely stunning and beautiful.  I wasn’t actually aware that such landscapes could exist; and that they could actually be captured on film.  But it seems they do and it seems they can, respectively.

It may not be a “psychedelic” movie, but it does cause one deep soul-contemplation

I would really recommend this movie if you have a chance to view it.

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330229/