Back in 1971 Gene Wilder played the hallucinatory bizzare figure of Willy Wonka (later to be played by Johnny Deppp, in Burton’s 2005 version “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”. The boat ride scene really tips the edge in terms of taking the passengers (and the viewers) into a kind of horrific trip.
Cast Featuring: Mary Elise Hayden, Marissa Merrill & Dustin Edward
Executive Producers: David Lyons & Andrew Huang
Producers: Laura Merians & Stephanie Marshall
Cinematographer: Laura Merians
Production Designer: Hugh Zeigler
Costume Designer: Lindsey Mortensen
Hair & Makeup Designer: Jennifer Cunningham
Sound Design & Original Score: Andrew Huang
..the beautiful and award-winning classic from 1973 by René Laloux! It also has a great psychedelic soundtrack by Alain Goraguer (you might recognize some of the sounds from hip-hop producer Madlib’s “Quasimoto” project).
Will Ferrell sends Ben Stiller on a hallucinated mind-controlled journey in this classic scene from Zoolander: a poppy and psychedelic version of “The Manchurian Candidate”.
I already talked about Jan Kounen, one of my favorite movie director, actor, writer and documentary maker in psychedelia …
Today, I want to show you “The last red chaperone”, his version of the famous fairy…
It’s in french and spanish subtitled, but the fact here is much more about the visuals and the techniques he used to give us the perception he wanted, and it’s a success !