tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post4625390194655460941..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: The TripJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-2498016530749635112008-11-21T11:15:00.000-05:002008-11-21T11:15:00.000-05:00Not having tripped, I still suspected as much as y...Not having tripped, I still suspected as much as you said. Still, as you acknowledge it is a fascinating "peculiar document."Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-47283087107359466272008-11-18T23:46:00.000-05:002008-11-18T23:46:00.000-05:00I don't think THE TRIP is a great movie, but it's ...I don't think THE TRIP is a great movie, but it's an important one. Knowing a little about the subject, I don't believe Roger Corman had taken that tab of acid before the movie's release. That's one of the movie's problems; the trip sequence is not realistic. Tripping looks nothing like how its portrayed. In fact, few movies have overtly portrayed realistically the effects of LSD. Only movies like 2001, YELLOW SUBMARINE, HOLY MOUNTAIN, and HEAD are accurate in achieving any approachig the heady effects of LSD. HEAD was also a Jack Nicholson-penned script, this time produced by Raybert Productions (run by THE MONKEES TV mastermind, director Bob Rafelson, and EASY RIDER co-producer Bert Schnieder). This chaotic movie perhaps comes closest to mirroring the experience of LSD--not, however, the cosmic look of a trip. <BR/><BR/>Still, THE TRIP would be a good double bill with HEAD. Together, they might each work together better. And on its own, it does stand as a peculiar document of an incredibly experimental, soul-seeking period in history.Dean Treadwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106829300132326368noreply@blogger.com