UNITED KINGDOM · 1980

Altered States

Ken Russell
altered consciousness sensory deprivation human experimentation shamanism and indigenous knowledge nature of reality
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A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

Year1980
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorKen Russell
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