Altered States (1980)
A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Directed By: Ken Russell
Written By: Paddy Chayefsky
Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Drew Barrymore, John Larroquette, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Miguel Godreau, Dori Brenner, Peter Brandon, Charles White-Eagle, Megan Jeffers
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A bizarre blend of Tarkovsky, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Fly, and Hellraiser. Chayefsky's mumbo-jumbo is given enough attention to take seriously, but undercut just the right amount by the arthouse fuckery to give it an appropriately entertaining freaky camp edge. I only wish it hadn't sold out the ending for something so mushy and soft.
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There is plenty going on here, and I'm not sure how much of it I fully understood; I really enjoyed it, but may be at a loss to fully explain why. Some wild visuals, dated-looking but effective nonetheless, and moments of body-horror intersect some oddly interesting dramatic scenes. The cast handles the material well, even if many moments stretch credibility somewhat. I think you'd have to be in the mood (or wasted) to truly appreciate this, but it is well worth a look.
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May be the first movie I've seen with a were-anderthal. The "may be" part of that sentence is worrying.
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Visually not bad but as a story it's basically the opposite of what I like in cinema.
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The unconscious protruding into the reality in the form of a momentary high speed mutation. Cronenberg and Lynch are not far, but the film commits a mortal sin at one point putting on screen, in all its fakeness, nothing less that a character from the Planet of Apes. The change is so abrupt that if you were watching it on tv, you would think someone accidentally sat on the remote control. It then repents and becomes great again offering the incredibly surreal scene in the tank room.
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This kind of incessant abstraction and pontificating would normally piss me off, but it doesn't feel like lazy exposition at all. It lends a frenetic energy and agitation to the whole film (despite most of the 'action' centring around sensory deprivation tanks). Some of the VFX hasn't aged well (obvious comparisons to 2001: A Space Odyssey), but it's still great.
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While perhaps disjointed at times, this film is an interesting look into the human mind. It makes the viewer think about things that are larger than themselves and Ken Russell achieves this all through religion-inspired symbolic imagery. All of this is only enhanced by William Hurt's gripping performance, bringing a new life to the already riveting film.
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Viewed July 16, 2017.
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A scientist meets a great woman, but his obsessive if not grandiose quest for knowledge leads to physiological and psychological changes that threaten to destroy the relationship: in short, a blueprint for THE FLY, but here the surrealism's far wilder and the ending far weaker. Despite what one may be inclined to think, how credit or blame should be apportioned between writer and director remains rather unclear: apparently Chayefsky's contract stipulated that the script could not be altered.
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Altered States begins with too much philosophical BS IMO, the middle picks up steam with the trips and experiments, and it ends unsatisfactorily. There's some nice shots here and I tend to like William Hurt, but most of this is nothing more than middling. The science isn't very smart either.
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Freaky trippy movie. Didn't have much to say and didnt make much sense when it did. Probably good to watch while high.
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