B Good Picture Company has wrapped filming on documentary “The Good Drug,” which delves into our historical, societal and scientific relationship with psychedelic substances. The film is being directed by Joe Stephenson, who produced and directed “McKellen: Playing the Part,” a feature documentary on the life and work of Ian McKellen.
“The Good Drug” explores the new discoveries being made about the historical uses of psychedelics and the modern renaissance of clinical research for their therapeutic properties for a host of mental health problems.
The film will analyse evidence from experts across the fields of neuroscience, archeology, philosophy and psychiatry “allowing the audience to decide for themselves, when presented with the facts, whether psychedelics have the potential to be good,” according to a statement. Among those featured in the documentary are David Nutt, Anil Seth, Andy Letcher, Diana Stein, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and David Luke.
Stephenson said: “Many have misconceived ideas about psychedelic substances,...
“The Good Drug” explores the new discoveries being made about the historical uses of psychedelics and the modern renaissance of clinical research for their therapeutic properties for a host of mental health problems.
The film will analyse evidence from experts across the fields of neuroscience, archeology, philosophy and psychiatry “allowing the audience to decide for themselves, when presented with the facts, whether psychedelics have the potential to be good,” according to a statement. Among those featured in the documentary are David Nutt, Anil Seth, Andy Letcher, Diana Stein, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes and David Luke.
Stephenson said: “Many have misconceived ideas about psychedelic substances,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
There are plenty of trippy movie scenes – but watching them sober makes you feel like the designated driver in a roomful of drunks
Thirty-six years ago, I dropped a tab of Lsd. It was Ok, but I never felt the urge to do it again, and never thought much about it – until the other day, when I was watching Taking Woodstock. To the sound of Love's The Red Telephone, Ang Lee serves up an acid trip so uncannily spot-on, I swear it gave me my first ever flashback.
It's not as though there's ever been a shortage of trippy scenes in films. It's just they always seemed to chime more with the experiences of the film-makers than with my own. Indeed, watching them sober, you often feel like the designated driver in a roomful of babbling drunks. In the aptly-named The Trip, Peter Fonda has a psychedelic experience in which,...
Thirty-six years ago, I dropped a tab of Lsd. It was Ok, but I never felt the urge to do it again, and never thought much about it – until the other day, when I was watching Taking Woodstock. To the sound of Love's The Red Telephone, Ang Lee serves up an acid trip so uncannily spot-on, I swear it gave me my first ever flashback.
It's not as though there's ever been a shortage of trippy scenes in films. It's just they always seemed to chime more with the experiences of the film-makers than with my own. Indeed, watching them sober, you often feel like the designated driver in a roomful of babbling drunks. In the aptly-named The Trip, Peter Fonda has a psychedelic experience in which,...
- 11/12/2009
- by Anne Billson
- The Guardian - Film News
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