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Altered States

“In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.”

Director
Ken Russell
Year
1980
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Release
1980
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

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The story

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.

  • #university
  • #deprivation chamber
  • #based on novel or book
  • #magic mushroom
  • #harvard university
  • #drugs
  • #genetics
  • #isolation tank
  • #metamorphosis
  • #subconsciousness
  • #ritual
  • #experiment

  • Directed by

    Ken Russell

  • Written by

    Paddy Chayefsky

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