Psychedelic film

Psychedelic film is a film genre characterized by the influence of psychedelia and the experience of psychedelic drugs. Psychedelic films typically contain visual distortion and experimental narratives, often emphasizing psychedelic imagery. They might reference drugs directly, or merely present a distorted reality resembling the effects of psychedelic drugs. Their experimental narratives often purposefully try to distort the viewers understanding of reality or normality.^[1][2]

Subgenres

• The Acid Western was a style of Western popular in the 1960s and 1970s that use psychedelic imagery or allusions.^[3]

Examples

• 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
• Easy Rider, 1969
• El Topo, 1970
• Enter the Void, 2009
• Fantastic Planet, 1973
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998
• Performance, 1970
• Pink Floyd – The Wall, 1982
• Psych-Out, 1968
• The Holy Mountain, 1973
• The Trip, 1967
• Wonderwall, 1968
• Yellow Submarine,^[4] 1968

See also

• Stoner film
• Surrealist cinema
• Psychedelic art
• Psychedelic literature
• Psychedelic music
• List of films featuring hallucinogens

References

1. "25 Great Psychedelic Movies That Are Worth Your Time". Taste Of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists.
2. "The 100 best animated movies: the best psychedelic movies". Time Out New York.
3. Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1996-06-26). "Acid Western: Dead Man". Chicago Reader.
4. Complex Mag (5 March 2010). "What A Trip! The Greatest Psychedelic Movies of All Time". Complex.