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Question: Ah feel like ahcid

klangklangston — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:51:09 -0800

The best films to see while tripping? LSD, HDTV, surround sound, on DVD? Looking for visual effects, chromakey, 3000 miles from home, set controls for the center of the sun, etc.

Especially interested in swirly, surreal, pleasant. Not sure I'm up for 120 Days of Sodom tonight.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:53:51 -0800

(Or the Satyricon).

By: ClaudiaCenter

ClaudiaCenter — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:57:13 -0800

I haven't done this, but I always thought that Moulin Rouge would be cool on psychedelics.

Spirited Away is gorgeous and surreal, but parts of it might be disturbing.

By: ruddhist

ruddhist — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:57:54 -0800

Waking Life comes to mind. Also, in the same vein, maybe A Scanner Darkly, although that's sort of the flip side of the coin - definitely trippy, but not necessarily a movie you want to watch while actually tripping.

By: buggzzee23

buggzzee23 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:58:30 -0800

Defintely check out 2001 while under the influence

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:01:50 -0800

(And to be kinda jerky, I'm really looking for a movie I haven't seen before while hallucinating, which unfortunately knocks out both Waking Life and all of the Miyazaki flicks).

By: mckenney

mckenney — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:05:09 -0800

Pixar movies are great. I personally steered away from the heavier stuff, but I remember with great fondness the scene with the aliens and The Claw in Toy Story. They're not super-effecty, but I found I was making most of the special effects myself, and the colors and shapes are awesome.

By: Freedomboy

Freedomboy — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:06:57 -0800

Well if you have major guts try The Pawnbroker, if you have want pure enjoyment then go with Dark Crystal or Fantantic Planet.

By: InfidelZombie

InfidelZombie — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:07:40 -0800

Dreamscape and Altered States are both fun in that state of mind if you like cheesy sci-fi

By: buggzzee23

buggzzee23 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:08:58 -0800

YMMV, but I really enjoyed Hollywood Boulevard while tripping at the drive-in way back in '76. Part of the movie is seen through the eyes of the main characters after they dropped acid and you kind of lose track between what is their hallucinations and what is your own hallucination. As an added bonus, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen did the soundtrack. Last time I checked, it was available at Netflix.

By: hortense

hortense — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:09:43 -0800

Koyaanisqatsi, and be sure to give a trip report later.

By: NoraCharles

NoraCharles — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:14:45 -0800

Fantasia (the original).

Very swirly, surreal and pleasant.

You could try Fantasia 2000 while you're at it.

Enjoy!

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:16:22 -0800

El Topo?

By: Freedomboy

Freedomboy — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:16:47 -0800

Oh, Betty Boop, now THAT"S surreal

By: anotherbrick

anotherbrick — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:17:06 -0800

It's a short one, but Rupert and the Frog Song is a perennial favorite of mine. All kinds of whimsical, and a great soundtrack to boot.

By: anadem

anadem — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:17:22 -0800

If you like a sound track dissociated from the visuals, Pink Floyd's whole Ummagumma album is great to trip to. Just beware of the sudden screams ... they gave me a terrible fright the first time.

By: The Straightener

The Straightener — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:18:02 -0800

Fuck that hi-tech shit, kick it analog with some Gimme Gimme Octopus

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:20:31 -0800

I'm of the mind that when on hallucinogens, one should stay as far away from the television as possible. You'll see much better mental pyrotechnics outside.

But if you insist on watching movies, then I always thought a stack of really over the top kung-fu films out of Hong Kong would be fun while frying. The pre-Hollywood oeuvre of Jet Li ought to serve you well, with maybe a dash of Michelle Yeoh in there somewhere.

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:20:36 -0800

The original Willy Wonka. Skip the boring part in the beginning and head straight for when the kids arrive at the chocolate factory.

By: EatTheWeak

EatTheWeak — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:22:19 -0800

FreedomBoy - Oh! That's a good idea, too! Cartoons!

klangklangston - Get your hands on some Max Fleisher Superman cartoons! They're beautiful and bizarre. Maybe while tripping, the bits where the Man of Steel punches laserbeams will seem plausible!

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:23:08 -0800

or you could turn on your computer and watch all these ;)

By: prostyle

prostyle — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:23:55 -0800

77 Million Paintings

Otherwise, I would recommend running MilkDrop (Winamp Visualization Plugin) on full settings output to your TV set in conjunction with your favorite tunes or a long mix set. If you thought your music felt alive before when under the influence... be prepared to see the notes being written across the entirety of your interior space, in the best possible way.

There's also the Disinformation DVD series which can be pretty hilarious in that context if you've never seen much of them.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:26:29 -0800

Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

By: Monkey0nCrack

Monkey0nCrack — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:26:58 -0800

Light: Barbarella, Logans Run, Flash Gordon and, of course, Wizard of Oz.

Dark: Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Dark City, The Matrix, Thirteenth Floor, Jacobs Ladder, Strange Days.

By: matteo

matteo — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:28:11 -0800

Nosferatu

By: goml

goml — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:29:39 -0800

I heartily second chillmost's recommendation of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (I was beat to the punch).

By: milarepa

milarepa — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:36:54 -0800

Watch any of these visuals, but listen to this album while you do it. You won't be sorry.

By: rhizome

rhizome — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:41:37 -0800

The best ones have been dumb and fast-moving, to counter the tendency for your attention to wander. If you just put something on that you just sit there for and absorb you might just find that looking at the houseplants might be more fun while it runs in the background. With that, I suggest Troll.

By: aeighty

aeighty — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:42:47 -0800

Hoodwinked! will f you up, in a good way. What a blast.

By: kimdog

kimdog — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:48:50 -0800

I love The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

By: 0217174

0217174 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:49:02 -0800

Wow this is the best question I've seen ever..

let's see, I'd go with:

Pink floyd's The Wall
2001 space odyssey
run lola run
cheech n chong nice dreams
the doors
the rescuers sp?
requeim for a dream
pi
eternal sunshine

hmm those are the obvious ones I remember but there's tons more obscure titles I can't remember

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:50:12 -0800

Hitchcock's Vertigo.

By: 0217174

0217174 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:50:20 -0800

oh yeah, twin peaks fire walk with me was a good one too.. or any david lynch. try eraserhead

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:51:59 -0800

The Three Stooges.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:53:37 -0800

And, for laughs try Psychomania. (not really all that psycho but wonderfully trippy...it's rumored that even the catering crews were on acid during filming).

By: chairface

chairface — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:56:20 -0800

Suggestion: Just run electricsheep (electricsheep.org). You can download the movies via bittorrent (free & legal) and just watch them in vlc.

Counter suggestion: Put on some mellow music (jazz, classic, new age, anything flowing). Put on a blindfold, close your eyes and lay back. Actual visual input is a waste and will distract from the full experience that happens inside your mind.

Seriously consider my counter suggestion. I speak from experience here (probably a little too much experience). Blind journeys are much deeper and more intense. I suggest getting a sitter if you can for such work.

Travel safe, travel well!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:58:35 -0800

(Seconding chairface. LSD and shrooms are wasted on most people who get caught up in the temporal-sensory feedback alterations and never really get to the heart of Experience.)

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:59:24 -0800

(watch the movies when you're coming down later, not when you're in acceleration or peak mode)

By: efalk

efalk — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:00:14 -0800

Hmm, this isn't for visuals, really, but if you like playing with your mind (if you're taking acid you do) see Schizopolis I guarantee you will have an interesting day. Or two.

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:00:36 -0800

Un Chien Andalou Luis Bunuel.

Awesome movie. "An all out assault on the brain by way of the eyeball" Reviewer on the link above.

Surrealism at its best.

Also a big fan of the Greatful Dead Movie, but need to be a big fan.

By: nola

nola — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:01:14 -0800

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:02:55 -0800

Baraka

By: La Cieca

La Cieca — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:03:01 -0800

Just one quick warning here: if you see a film for the first time tripping, basically it will always be "trippy" to you. In other words, when you watch the same movie again five years from now sober, you'll be perceiving things in it that nobody else can grasp.

This may be a good thing, but I wouldn't recommend it for a canonical film; i.e., a movie that you may want to be able to discuss intelligently on the same level as the rest of the world.

Personally I don't care for a lot of the "dark" choices here for the reason that acid tends not to give you the trip you want but rather the trip you need. If that "needed" trip is going to be soul-wrenching, there's no need to make the experience any more horrifying.

And so, how about Spirited Away -- perhaps with the original Japanese soundtrack and the subtitles turned off?

By: Freen

Freen — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:03:28 -0800

chairface and klang: You know, spot has a dvd, called spotworks, rentable from netflicks.
It's the best of electricsheep, synchronized to music.

I cannot possibly recommend this enough.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:06:43 -0800

A fairly recent one, MirrorMask,

By: Freen

Freen — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:07:54 -0800

I second these suggestions:
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii
Baraka

and if your into it, Koyaanisqatsi.

By: jimfl

jimfl — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:14:30 -0800

Why not just close your eyes and watch whatever is playing on the backs of your eyelids?

On acid, you can blow a lobe with Shakespeare in Love. I once watched in rapt attention to an infomercial for Blue-Blockers. Then the Smurfs came on, and I had to leave the room.

Save the trippy movies for after a bowl or two.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:15:01 -0800

Oh, and one more Hitchcock recommendation: Rear Window. The constant voyeurism really places the idea of what observation could mean into a really neat context (especially whilst on something).

By: jimfl

jimfl — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:16:46 -0800

Oh, BTW: a buddy of mine puts on surfing movies or undersea animal planet sorts of stuff, but turns the sound off and plays music instead. Surfing Flicks + Diamond Fist Werny = awesome.

By: Oobidaius

Oobidaius — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:23:27 -0800

I agree with the people saying you should either find some non-visual stimulation or save the movies for when you're kind of coming down anyway. I would recommend, if you go with listening to music blindfolded or anything like that: Mozart- like the Mass in C-Minor (K.427). I had a very, very enjoyable experience doing this recently (I didn't blindfold myself but I found that once I started listening I automatically shut my eyes because the sensation of listening was so overwhelming). And for movies, I haven't seen most of the movies people are recommending but I've heard of some of them and they sound promising. My personal experience has been watching Pulp Fiction, the Maltese Falcon, and Paris, Texas, when tripping. I didn't plan to watch those specifically, more I joined other people who were watching them, but of the three I definitely had the most profound-seeming experience with Paris, Texas. The visual imagery in the movie is amazing and the soundtrack is also very beautiful.

By: jessenoonan

jessenoonan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:25:13 -0800

What La Cieca said, on all counts, and also what Burhanistan said. Wait 'til the tail end.

That said, go for stuff without too much narrative. Surf docs like Step into Liquid or Riding Giants (haven't seen that one, so I"m guessing) or animation with little story like Allegro Non Troppo or Triplets of Belleville.

By: jessenoonan

jessenoonan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:25:38 -0800

...like jimfl said...

By: aught

aught — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:30:05 -0800

It was something like 20 years ago, and music tastes vary, but Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense worked well (and subjectively seemed to last about a week) for me in this context.

By: cinemafiend

cinemafiend — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:35:04 -0800

Get/ rent :

Criterion's BY BRAKHAGE (you will need to supply the soundtrack)

BARAKA (same cinemtagrapher who did KOYAANISQATSI and POWAQQATSI)

TRAILER TRASH is an amazing DVD -- probably very hard to find now. Trippiest collection of trailers ever -- just place the trailer for STUNT ROCK on repeat and that would be a great hour right there. (Highly Recommended)

If you are taking acid and watching a film on a television monitor -- the trashier the better in my opinion. FACES OF DEATH, TRACES OF DEATH, BUM FIGHTS, WORLD'S MOST VIOLENT VIDEOS, etc. are the kind of crap you should watch...

So pick something artful and pick something trashy.

By: MetaMonkey

MetaMonkey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:35:24 -0800

Serial Experiments: Lain. Watch the whole damn thing and be amazed, and let me know what it means.

Wong Kar Wai's 2046 is a gorgeous film, very dreamy. Though perhaps a touch melancholy.

If you can get hold of some Brakhage, that is some astonishing stuff.

On reflection, you wouldn't even need chemical stimulation with these suggestions. Oddly I'm finding it hard to think of surreal/trippy but pleasent, most of my ideas are too infused in dark, as I suspect the majority of surreal/trippy films are.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:37:04 -0800

I agree with these:

I would recommend running MilkDrop (Winamp Visualization Plugin) on full settings output to your TV set in conjunction with your favorite tunes or a long mix set.

Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense worked well

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:40:58 -0800

I dropped some blue microdot right before I went and saw Tron on the big screen. The live action was a bit of a bummer, but things were in high-gear by the time you first see the MCP. Yowzer!

By: dmaterialized

dmaterialized — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:04:48 -0800

nthing the opinion you should steer clear of active visual entertainment. I think visuals detract, unless you're in a truly incredible space of some kind (a cathedral or amazing natural area).

That said, I've always wanted to listen to Tool's "Lateralus" while tripping. Or Biosphere's (masterful) "Substrata", an ambient and extremely hallucinatory experience to begin with.

By: tula

tula — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:04:57 -0800

In that state, and generally my taste runs to the visually sumptuous, fantastic, and outright gorgeous, so I'd stay away from Scanner Darkly and Jacob's Ladder and the like--I think those are movies resembling bad trips, and who wants to induce that? I'd lean toward the dreamy with a tinge of strangeness: I second Wizard of Oz, Spirited Away, Moulin Rouge. Also there's A Company of Wolves, a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood as coming into puberty story, with werewolves. Are Yellow Submarine or Fear and Loathing too obvious? I'd love any of the the LOTR, Delicatessen or City of Lost Children. Terence Malick's The New World is gorgeous and Microcosmos, because who, on acid, wouldn't want to watch snails have sex?

By: Freen

Freen — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:09:47 -0800

I third the Stop Making Sense concert video reccomendation.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:10:25 -0800

Fox News?

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:11:37 -0800

...or "Home of the Brave" by Laurie Anderson?

By: MaxVonCretin

MaxVonCretin — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:12:36 -0800

Another vote for Koyaanisqatsi.

By: utsutsu

utsutsu — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:28:03 -0800

Ghost in the Shell

Trust me, watch this flick, even if you've already seen it or maybe arent a big anime fan. The animation is gorgeous and there is a lot of subject matter to think about.

And yeah, save it for just after peaking and you're on your way down. It blew my mind... No, really.

Other recommended activities are: Super Puzzle Fighter (psx or arcade) and walking.

By: timeistight

timeistight — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:34:06 -0800

How about Withnail and I for that "now what am I going to do until I can fall asleep" phase?

By: timeistight

timeistight — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:38:07 -0800

I forgot Woodstock.

By: stlboi

stlboi — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:40:37 -0800

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By: Exchequer

Exchequer — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:52:35 -0800

Just in case you can't actually get your hands on the required psychotropics, this (youtube) may actually have a similar effect. The trip may be shorter, but perhaps just as mind bending.

BOBUS: includes martial arts and Lynchian themes as suggested upthred.

By: youngergirl44

youngergirl44 — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:20:20 -0800

A dalmation that likes to run around a lot.

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:40:51 -0800

Koyaanisqatsi, yo.

No plot, no dialogue, just 87 minutes of mind-blowing time-lapse filmography. I mean, fer gosh sakes, it's an acid trip movie straight...

By: stungeye

stungeye — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:41:35 -0800

A friend suggests: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:41:53 -0800

whoops, I see folks have already suggested it. My quickie page search must have been mis-spelt...

Still, WATCH IT!

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:44:45 -0800

On the flip side, DO NOT, under any circumstances, watch Masque of the Red Death (starring Vincent Price) while tripping. Just don't.

You've been warned.

By: Exchequer

Exchequer — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:47:15 -0800

bobus / bonus...whatever...

Hey, didja hear about James Brown?

By: sic

sic — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:47:13 -0800

While tripping on acid I saw the 3D video Captain EO (Michael Jackson) in a theatre filled with screaming kids in Disney Land, Florida in the late 80s.

It was interesting.

By: mosspink

mosspink — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:58:35 -0800

The Blue Sea, especially the "The Deep" which includes plenty of shots of bioluminescent sea life. Beautiful.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:14:14 -0800

No one said Apocalypse Now???

2001 A Space Odyssey was the first thing that popped into my mind.

I suppose either of these might fuck you up forever if you are in the wrong state of mind.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:29:17 -0800

But, with any luck, you might just lose interest in a movie (very linear, even the trippy ones) and go outside and listen to the wind or something like that.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:36:20 -0800

The Monkees movie, Head. My personal fave under the circumstances.

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:04:52 -0800

Microcosmos: French doc about insects.

By: fieldtrip

fieldtrip — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:27:44 -0800

The Beatles, Help! Seriously. Something light and fluffy.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:36:46 -0800

If you've got VHS (yes, VHS) and haven't seen it yet, you MUST MUST MUST see the maxx. There is simply no alternative.

By: mycapaciousbottega

mycapaciousbottega — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:36:51 -0800

Chronicles of narnia

Lady Vengeance

The King and I

The ricki lake show (I realise it is not a film but used to totally trip me out when I was 'flying' all those many years ago. To be young again...)

Trainspotting

When a stranger calls (original ed)

Charlie and the chocolate factory (original ed)

By: timepiece

timepiece — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:43:20 -0800

I don't know about tripping, but Natural Born Killers was very entertaining while stoned.

By: ClaudiaCenter

ClaudiaCenter — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:10:54 -0800

Seconding Microcosmos. Also Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.

[Natural Born Killers??]

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:49:13 -0800

Endless Summer 2

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:00:20 -0800

I have a friend who has done more drugs than the 60's. LSD, E, DMT, 2CB, 2CI, DXM, K, AMT, Speed, Uppers, Downers, Ether, nootropics, pot, hash oil, psychotropics, snuff, yope, ayahuasca, Mushrooms, 5MeODMT, alcohol, GHB, salvia, khat, ibogaine, 2CT7, coke, heroin, peyote, DIPT, methylone, nitrous, poppers, 1-4 diol, amanita and just about everything on erowid that has a name. And a few that don't.

I have seen himsuccessfully negotiate his way out of trouble (on separate occasions) with cops and gun toting gangsters ON ENOUGH LSD TO KILL AN ELEPHANT.

He recommends this when tripping.

Blueberry/Renegade

I recommend the funniest simpsons episode evar.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:43:09 -0800

Yellow Submarine, Help! and A Hard Day's Night. Just trust me on these.

By: infinityjinx

infinityjinx — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:02:07 -0800

OOh, I love this question as it relates to many of my weekends. I recommend MirrorMask or Battle Royale and do NOT recommend Spirited Away. We in fact just watched Spirited Away tripping the other night and hated it. Instead, we peaked out to hours and hours of ROBOT CHICKEN on DVD. This is my ultimate suggestion. It was a LOT of fun.

By: JJ86

JJ86 — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:05:34 -0800

Try Eno´s Thursday Afternoon.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:34:33 -0800

Since no one's mentioned it yet, I'll recommend what I think is easily the best english-language film of 2006: The Fountain.

By: kimota

kimota — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:38:53 -0800

Howabout (if you can find it), The Red Balloon?

By: sperose

sperose — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:07:12 -0800

Someone suggested Endless Summer 2, but the original (simply Endless Summer) is an equally entertaining movie.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:19:59 -0800

For that matter, FoodTV or the NASA direct feeds are fun.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:33:08 -0800

Well, I promised a follow-up, so here's what happened:
Went out and rented Koyaanisqatsi, along with a dvd of Peter Greenaway shorts, the Spike and Mike Classics, and a documentary about Pollack. I was kinda amused by the plurality of the "Make your own mental movies!" sort of thing (perhaps I should have clarified that I've tripped many, many times before and was mostly watching these films post-peak, so didn't need the "have a spiritual moment" sort of well-meaning guff).

We put Koyaanisqatsi on, but we were mostly screwing around with glowsticks and making out then, so maybe I'll try watching it again straight so that I can say I've actually seen it. We also caught Winged Migration, which was fantastic in HD, but a little repetative (goose, goose, crane, goose, goose, stork ... ). Then we watched (on the come-down) Iron Monkey, a kung-fu flick that was done by Tsui Hark and was all beautiful wire work, telling the story of Wei Fong's inspiration (his father and another kung-fu doctor save a town), also in HD. And that was gorgeous.

All told, not bad for two tabs each, purchased with the help of a MeFi member after the Vancouver meetup.
Thanks folks, I'll return to this thread as soon as I can find some more acid...

By: hopeless romantique

hopeless romantique — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:26:11 -0800

Once (when I was tripping) the movie Vidocq was playing on the ceiling, no sounds, which was fun to watch because it's fascinatingly pretty. Only two weeks later did I actually watch the movie, which, even sober, is great. Sorry the answer's later than it shoulda been, i couldn't for the life of me remember the title.

By: Rash

Rash — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:43:23 -0800

0217174, what a terrible suggestion! Fire Walk With Me is a downer with absolutely no upside, and the OP specifically requested "pleasant.".

My suggestion would be Zabriskie Point but then I'm in the group La Cieca describes.

By: mds35

mds35 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:23:23 -0800

Dr. Seuss's The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. And I'm not kidding one bit.

By: telstar

telstar — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:54:32 -0800

Mad Max 3. Thunderdome. Hold on!