mercurial
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9/30/2008 10:30 PM
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Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
Upon viewing Requiem for a Dream before entering my freshman year of college, I found myself a strict adherent to the law and only indulged in those drugs (nicotine, caffeine and alcohol) deemed legal by the government. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
This week we shall discuss those films depicting drugs (legal and not so much) which will of course spiral into a violent argument about the legalization of said drugs.
Other films that have helped me stay away from chasing the dragon and toking the ganga are:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Trainspotting
Traffic
The Rules of Attraction
The Walll
28 Days
On the other hand, there have been those films that make it seem like so much fun that you find yourself asking, "I'm strong, I won't get addicted if I try it just once . . . right?"
Dazed and Confused
London
Go
Smiley Face
Nowhere
So relax, turn on some Marley, break out the black lights and reminisce about those addicting drug flicks.
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Dr_Gor
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9/30/2008 10:51 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
Up In Smoke , Nice Dreams and every other movie ever made by Cheech and Chong.
Easy Rider and Vanishing Point (!) ... yes, it really IS a 'drug' movie!
Pulp Fiction ... probably my favorite of the modern drug movies...
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Dr_Gor
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9/30/2008 10:57 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
OOH! One More! The Lord Of The Rings trilogy ... just what do you think that "pipe-weed" that everyone keeps smoking is? (this is explained a little more thoroughly in the books) ...
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The_American_Dr eam
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9/30/2008 10:59 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
I have to lay it down though that the ultimate drug in movies is marijuana as shown in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"; no matter how off the reservation Hunter Thompson gets, he never rode a cheetah. And neither did Lee in "Naked Lunch", another great in the drugged-up film making line, although more philosophical and less comedic; (I'm reading the book now). But, "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" is a great work of cinema in my opinion because of its clever yet totally in the gutter mentality along with the epic journey of it all; key to the more comedic side of drugs. Similar to "Pineapple Express" this year which I loved as a classic in the stoner movie vein. "The Big Lebowski" gets to that too but the plot of that movie is not really driven by the drugs. It is important to note that the point of those few movies is the comedy and not in the end the drugs.
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Dr_Gor
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9/30/2008 11:01 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
OOH! One more! Idle Hands ... Please forgive me if I am a little slow with these... I'm on drugs...
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chrismorrell
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10/1/2008 4:36 AM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
Can i put a shout in for "24 hour party people" Steve Coogan,as the mercurial Anthony Wilson who presided over the Manchester music scene and heavily influenced the national one from the late seventies ,through the eighties.. He definitely ascribed to the Bill Hicks view of drug-taking,which i did also,at the time
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rjsprague
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10/1/2008 9:31 AM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
How dare you all forget to mention Half Baked. I'm also not sure if I saw Blow in there anywhere. Another film that I recall was the story of The Doors.
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unclefestering
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10/1/2008 12:59 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
If we're gonna talk about coke, then you have to look at Robert Downey Jr., essentially playing himself in Less Than Zero.
I don't think I saw anybody bring up Dennis Hopper and his tanks of nitrous oxide in Blue Velvet.
Although I don't remember any body doing drugs in Brick, it all revolved around heroin.
Brent Easton Ellis always loves his characters to be using and abusing. I think that they did everything in Rules of Attraction.
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SkyPilot
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10/1/2008 2:01 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
 chrismorrell:
I liked this movie a lot, but I wonder if that's because I liked the music (Joy Division, The Happy Mondays, New Order). Steve Coogan is really funny in it too.
I agree with the person who said Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is both clever and lowbrow. I found the sequel to be less clever, less inspired.
I think Dig! is a really entertaining documentary, although it gets creepy as Anton Newcombe sinks into a heavy heroin addiction. I'm glad Anton survived that period, but it didnt' seem to improve his character.
From Hell features some pretty creepy, surreal scenes as Johnny Depp's character hallucinates on opium. (The trips give him insight into Jack the Ripper.) From Hell is far from perfect, but it sure creates an atmosphere of stoned, bloody, despairing London.
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Risselada
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10/1/2008 2:28 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Weekly Theme for September 29: Gimme Some Drugs Man!
The best comedy about drugs (Other than maybe Fear and Loathing)? Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.
"I just heard about this new drug that makes you happy. I just want to say: **** HAPPY!"
The guy's in Party Monster sure did a rediculous amount of drugs it sounds like, although I wasn't too interested in them.
Has anyone seen Altered States? I'm really interested in seeing this one.
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