A declassified vice squad training film, Subject: Narcotics, produced in the 1950’s, takes an unflinching look at the lifestyle of heroin users during. Made in the pre-rock & roll era, the junkie flophouse depicted here resembles a scenario more out of beatnik novel than the more glamorous goth-punk facade we’ve become accustomed to today.
MORE ...“Most teenagers start off with marijuana then decide to see if heroin has any kick. It does.” The Terrible Truth is a 1951 educational film directed by Sid Davis that tries to deal with the dangers of teenage drug abuse and its consequences. The film, which was produced by the Los Angeles-based Coronet Films was […]
MORE ...“Youth is a happy time.” That’s how this 1951 cautionary drama begins, before ice cream cones and double dates give way to the “living nightmare” of heroin addiction. What follows is a full-scale mid-century morality play, complete with ominous music, stern narration, and a white powder described as both innocent-looking and deadly. The film traces […]
MORE ...Trip to Where is a propaganda film produced by the US Navy to warn sailors on shore leave about indulging in psychedelics, which were all the rage in the late 1960’s. The opening sequence, a psychoactive, surreal trip that lasts nearly 8 minutes, is enough to consider this an undiscovered masterpiece of psychedelic cinema. The […]
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