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The ultimate cinematic head trip of the 1980s, British renegade Ken Russell's first Hollywood film adapted by the legendary screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his own novel is part hallucinogenic freak-out, part gonzo creature feature, part transcendent love story, all played at a fever pitch. When researcher Eddie Jessup begins using himself as a test subject for his mind-expanding psychological experiments, it sends him on an increasingly dangerous, substance-fueled odyssey from humankind's primordial past to the outer limits of consciousness. It's all visualized by Russell in a psychedelic supernova of out-there imagery that encompasses everything from the pagan to the cosmic sublime, culminating in a brain-wave-blasting ba...ttle between the mind and the heart.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Fiction films
Horror films
Science fiction films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Films de fiction
Films d'horreur
Films de science-fiction
Adaptations cinématographiques - Published
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Criterion collection
- Item Description
- Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
Based on the novel by Paddy Chayefsky.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: Audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan; archival interviews with director Ken russell and actor William Hurt; New interview with special-visual-effects designer Bran Ferren; trailer. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); 2.0 surround DTS-HD master audio, 5.1 surround DTS-HD master audio; requires Blu-ray player.
- ISBN
- 9798886073423