THEME EXPLORATION

experimental drugs

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
The Million Dollar Hotel
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · Wim Wenders
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
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1994 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Bernardo Bertolucci & Claire Denis & Jia Zhangke & Lav Diaz & Paul Schrader
24 Frames Per Second
24 Frames Per Second
1977 · Shirley Clarke
42 One Dream Rush
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Harmony Korine & Leos Carax
Act Da Fool
Act Da Fool
2010 · Harmony Korine
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
Aria
Aria
1987 · Bruce Beresford & Robert Altman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Aronofsky USA

His films like 'Requiem for a Dream' and 'The Fountain' obsessively explore altered consciousness, addiction, and pharmaceutical/experimental substances through visceral psychological cinema.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror and science fiction works interrogate how experimental drugs and substances transform the human form and mind, particularly in films like 'Videodrome' and 'Naked Lunch'.

 Lars von Trier Denmark

His provocative films examine pharmaceutical interventions, mental illness, and chemical dependency as windows into human suffering and transcendence, notably in 'Antichrist' and 'Melancholia'.