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25 out of 25 people found the following review useful:
Classic 60s Drug Tragedy, really one-of-a-kind, a small classic., 16 September 2001
Author:
faversham from New York NY
Has there ever been an Angel of Death like MIMSY FARMER in Barbet
Schroeder's 1960s heroin opus? Sort of Jean Seberg with a hypodermic. Pink
Floyd score. Despite some ultimately insignificant weaknesses, a
classic, shamelessly ripped off by Erich Segal/Noel Black for their inept
JENNIFER ON MY MIND (1971), although Tippy Walker, playing a similar
character, is herself very junkie-appealing in the latter mess. MORE,
though, is terrific, a great 60s drug movie and, simply, an important
document of its time. Very much a cult film so join the cult.
No American movie then, as far as I can remember, charts the same
territory.
MIMSY's an astonishing archetype, elevating this into mythic realms. Not
for
the faint-hearted. Great sex scenes too.
22 out of 22 people found the following review useful:
Beautiful sights and sounds, 18 February 2003
Author:
Greg Cleary from Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Like most people, I was interested in "More" solely because of the Pink
Floyd soundtrack, which has turned out to be the only Pink Floyd album
that
I still listen to after all these years. It was quite a surprise to run
across the film in a local video store, in a digitally remastered version.
It was an even bigger surprise to find that it is a pretty good movie.
Visually it is quite beautiful, especially when the two main characters
are
cavorting on the rocks on the Spanish island of Ibiza. And the use of the
soundtrack music, which as far as I can tell is exclusively by Pink Floyd,
is excellent. It was a joy to watch the film with my copy of the album
alongside me, mentally ticking off each track as it was used in the film.
Dave Gilmour's brief "A Spanish Piece" was the only one I didn't hear, and
several tracks are used quite prominently, especially "Cymbaline," "Main
Theme," and "Quicksilver." That latter track is tedious on the soundtrack
album but works very well during the title sequence of the film,
resurfacing
at least once later on. Maybe now I can appreciate it on the album, now
that I have some visuals to accompany it in my mind.
The plot of "More" is a little hard to take at times, especially in the
early going, when the film appears to be merely a vehicle to demonstrate
the
hipness of those involved in making it. But eventually the film proves
that
it has much more than that to offer, as the plot becomes more focused.
Why
does Stefan take heroin? Why does ANYBODY take heroin, fully knowing the
possible consequences? The film does not attempt to answer that question
directly, but Stefan's heroin use seems a logical extension of his
single-minded pursuit of pure pleasure.
I strongly recommend this film to any Pink Floyd fan who has an
appreciation
of the vastly underrated "More" soundtrack. I also recommend it to anyone
who has an interest in sixties counterculture and how it was portrayed in
the media. I have no idea how realistic this movie is, since I am too
young
to have experienced the sixties firsthand, but it does seem to capture the
spirit of the times in a way that no other movie does.
14 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
A cult of love, sex and drugs, 26 September 2005
Author:
michelerealini from Switzerland
"More", maybe, is mostly remembered for the excellent soundtrack
composed by Pink Floyd -in 1969 they weren't superstars yet. Actually
they made an album with the film music, no fan can miss it!
But this is also the first film of German-French director Barbet
Schroeder: it's a cult movie. When it was released, censorship
everywhere cut several scenes of sex and drugs. It is also one of the
first films to treat explicitly the theme of drug slavery.
A German boy travels to Paris and meets an American girl: they fall in
love. Together they search for sun and exoticism. But it's a too high
price love: she initiates him into drugs.
In the Sixties anti-drug campaigns were not like today, there wasn't
much information. On the contrary, in many milieus taking drugs was a
sort of spiritual experience... So it's quite surprising to see a film
of that period which describes a nightmarish heroin experience.
The film is simple, not vulgar at all and shot in a "cinema-verité"
style. Actors Mimsy Farmer and Klaus Grünberg are very convincing.
"More" is a document of the end of the Sixties -and a document of the
end of the hippies illusions as well.
12 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
Of Beauty, Sex and Drugs... More, 15 October 2000
Author:
Nick Hodges from Bristol, England
'More' is a film legendary amongst Floyd collectors, and is well worth the
time spent searching, since it features some of the bands' most
spontaneous
and eclectic work.
I was lucky enough to find some evidently battered and old publicity
postcards for the film at a local art centre. The copy on the card makes
for
good reading if you enjoy the film, or are interested in it's
history:
_____________________________________________________________
"of beauty, sex and drugs: more"
"'More' probably contains more footage of naked bodies than any other film
that has made it past Plymouth Rock. It's strong stuff. A powerful movie
about drugs. Mimsy Farmer as Estelle, is one of the real baddies of all
time, a totally amoral person who shoots heroin (even under her tongue!),
cavorts in the nude, lies, steals, makes love to girls, and destroys every
man who falls in love with her." - The Sunday New York
Times.
"'More' is tough, candid stuff, clearly among the good ones." - National
Observer.
"A very beautiful, very romantic movie." - The New York
Times.
The card features a wonderful black and white picture of Estelle and
Stefan
in characteristically joyous mood celebrating their (perhaps new-found and
ill-fated) freedom, and classifies the film as "'X' Persons Under 17 Not
Admitted".
Interestingly the film saw general video release in France with a '12'
certificate.
My copy, available via amazon.com, and released by Janus Films and Home
Vision Cinema, does not state a certificate, though the drug use would
probably warrant an '18' certificate if release were attempted in the
UK.
Circa 2000, the film is broadcast on monthly rotation by Film Four, a UK
subscription film channel.
12 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
Days of dope and roses, 10 January 2003
Author:
CatTales from United States
Kind of a low-key "Days of wine and roses," this is hardly a standard 1960's
drug film. Director Schroeder (whom one can deduce is represented by Charlie
the good-natured street hustler) states initially it's about a friend who
died of drug overdose, so we know it's going to be a story of psychic
corruption rather than an exploration of the ideals of Timothy Leary. It
might seem that Schroeder is really glamorizing drugs simply by example, as
well as by showing the sex life of the characters, and by employing a real
psychedelic band for the soundtrack. However, Schroeder doesn't show
subjective scenes of drug use; the characters trip out in their own world,
usually detached from another, and the audience watches like the only sober
person at a frat party. Their sex life soon peters out as drugs take over
their lives. Using Pink Floyd was probably to attract unwitting youth and
drug-users to see (without being preached to) how drugs can kill.
What probably does seem 'standard 1960s' to viewers today is the flat,
realistic style of the film which doesn't grab the viewer (unlike the more
recent "Sid and Nancy" or "Trainspotting") but was typical of independent
and European films of that time. However it's still watchable, and a must
for early-Pink Floyd (or "The Pink Floyd", as they're billed in the credits)
fans.
8 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
drug culture psycho drama, 26 August 2006
Author:
benzobrill from Italy
A German freshman, Stefan hitch hikes to Paris during summer break were he falls for a mysterious young woman he meets in the Paris freak scene. He then follows her in the famous isle of Ibiza, the hippie joint were meets Wolf, a man who throws Hitler-Jugend knives, owns bars and hotels and keeps Estelle under his thumb with dope. The couple tries to escape Wolf, Stefan gets hooked with dope and jealousy for Estelle, who's groovy and a free spirit. Great photography and music, plot is quite usual for the period but it's not an exploitation kind of movie, cold and dramatic. The moral is quite strong (he was looking for the sun...) but I would not say it's a film against drugs even it puts enphasy on drug use.
23 out of 39 people found the following review useful:
Like a dull headache., 16 April 2005
Author:
Quag7 from Tucson, AZ
OK. Well, I guess it was worth my time sitting through this *once* but
I won't be watching it again. There are several things about this film
that irritated me.
First, man...I really hated the characters. I had the same problem with
Sid and Nancy. I have a hard time rationalizing spending a fair chunk
of time following characters who I really don't care about, and can't
relate to. It's not that the actors or the writing were technically
bad; it was that the characters were written in such a way that I just
had contempt for them, and as the movie went on, I almost wanted to see
the sky fall on them. And this leads me to the second problem, and a
question which I think is at the heart of this movie: Was the intent to
simply document this generation and these types of bohemians who were
(I guess) wandering around Europe in the 60s? Was the intent to
criticize and lambaste them? Or was this film some kind of a warning?
My final assessment of the film (that is to say, in determining if
there was anything salvageable here at all) hinges on this question.
Regardless, these characters are really unlikeable, and as a
consequence, it's hard to really give a crap about the plot or what
happens to them. If this was some sort of statement on this generation,
then the film becomes a little more tolerable. It is clear that
Schroeder is not some kind of geriatric establishment square, so the
way he proceeds here carries more weight than, say, the countless
stupid AIP films set in or concerning the 60s counterculture.
At bare minimum, this film has two things going for it - first, the
soundtrack (obviously). I like how Cymbaline is used here and others
have mentioned it too, as it takes the forefront in the movie. I am
guessing that if you are a Pink Floyd fan and want to see it for that
reason, nothing you read here is likely to stop you from watching it
anyway (it wouldn't stop me either). The curiosity of hearing Pink
Floyd in a movie may be enough to just barely get you through this.
Secondly, there is some nice scenery. Ibiza looks like a nice place to
visit. Maybe I'm just sick of looking at Los Angeles, New York, and
Chicago in films, but European films which take the time to actually
show us Europe (the beautiful or the ugly - mostly beautiful here) are
always welcome.
But I really see no particular genius here. No revolutionary camera
work, not even a moral, tone, message, sensibility, or plot that has
anything new to say. Perhaps what was revolutionary about this was
merely that it came from a guy like Schroeder - a film critical of a
mindset that at least in part made his movies marketable. To that
extent it is an honest film; there's no glorification of the abject
excesses of the 60s here, which is perhaps something you might expect.
In fact, the portrayal of the characters in this film closely mirrors
the (somewhat distorted, in my opinion) modern cultural memory of that
generation.
Oh yeah, bunch of (yawn) nudity and sex here; nothing new if you watch
these kinds of movies from this time period. I guess it was considered
novel or provocative or something at the time. I don't find it
offensive or titillating (I doubt you will either); rather it just
extends the running time of an already tedious film. In its own way,
this particular use of sexuality in movies of the time (especially
European ones) has become a bit of a cliché. But I guess in hindsight
you can't blame them; they were just in that decade able to "get away
with it" and I suppose (I'm guessing here) the very presence of this
kind of graphic sexuality was a political or social statement in and of
itself (That being that sexuality was a part of life that this
generation wasn't going to be all weird about like their parents were).
Should you watch it? If you're a Pink Floyd fan, sure...I guess it's
worth a watch. In any case, The Valley is a better film. I went into
this movie expecting largely what I got. If you don't normally watch
these kinds of arty, avant garde films and don't know what to expect,
this is bound to be annoying as hell. This is a normal, healthy
reaction :)
If you're not a Pink Floyd fan, I'm not sure why you'd spend your time
here. I noticed one fellow who left a comment did enjoy this movie
quite a lot, so maybe I'm just missing something. I don't need guys
running in slow motion from fireballs, special effects, explosions, or
anything like that to enjoy a movie. But I do need some kind of handle
- I need to find something to like about a movie, and generally I need
to sympathize with some aspect of the characters' plight (barring that
some novel film-making will work; camera-work and so forth). Here,
there's just nothing to hold on to except for Pink Floyd's
magnificence. Which is *just enough* to make this tolerable. At bare
minimum, if you're a Pink Floyd fan to begin with, you'll like the bit
with Cymbaline, I promise.
8 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
A Trip to the Hell of Heroin, 8 March 2011
Author:
Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In the late 60's, after graduating in Mathematics, the German Stefan
Brückner (Klaus Grünberg) hitchhikes from Lübeck to Paris to see the
world without money. He befriends Charlie (Michel Chanderli) in an
arcade and they go to a party. When Stefan meets gorgeous American
Estelle Miller (Mimsy Farmer) in the party, Charlie advises him to stay
away from her. However, the straight Stefan falls in love with Estelle
and after breaking in a house with Charlie to rob, he follows her to
Ibiza. Stefan seeks out the hotel of his fellow citizen Dr. Ernesto
Wolf (Heinz Engelmann) where Estelle is lodged. He asks her to leave
the place and stay with him in an isolated seaside house. Before
leaving the hotel, Estelle steals some money and a pack from Wolf.
Sooner Stefan learns that Estelle had stolen 200 doses of heroin and he
decides to try one fix with her, in the beginning of his trip to hell.
"More" is a cult-movie from the late 60 that became famous due to the
music score by Pink Floyd. The film is a sort of response to the
counterculture of apology to the drugs of the 60's and 70's and is
dated in the present days. My great interest to see "More" was the Pink
Floyd soundtrack, and I found it s great film, developed in slow pace
to a predictable climax in the very end. Mimsy Farmer is amazing in the
role of a destructive woman with face of angel but of death. My vote is
seven.
Title (Brazil): "More"
7 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
Long, long, long, 7 August 2001
Author:
matlock-6 from Chicago, IL
A film typical of the style of the late 1960's early 70's, however, this
is somewhat better. The story centers around a young man who meets an
attractive young woman (Farmer). The woman introduces him to the sordid
world of heroin addiction (referred to by the old street name, "horse", in
this film). As the movie progresses, the hero becomes more and more into the
drug scene.
I will not expose the ending as it is a bit of a surprise, and quite
well done, too.
Most notably about this film, the soundtrack was done by Pink Floyd, who
released it as an album the same year the film was made. Because of this,
the film is of importance to hardcore Pink Floyd fans.
Not a great film, but a good one anyway, and one that carries an
important anti-hard-drugs message. As it is somewhat rare, purchase prices
can be fairly high to ludicrous, so it is advised you rent it first (if you
can find it. My local Blockbuster used to carry it at one time).
5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
A Happy Hippie Heaven? I think not, 14 January 2000
Author:
Kevin David Camp from Birmingham, Alabama
Like the movie Fahrenheit 451, a native German actor plays the male lead;
the majority of dialogue, however, is in English. This means that some may
find Klaus Grunberg's heavy accent just as hard to decipher as Oskar
Werner's.
I find it amusing that some consider this film to be light and pleasant.
To
be sure, the scenery is beautiful and the lighting is airy and pleasant,
but
this serves to accentuate the film's message that underneath the attractive
escape drugs provide, dangerous consequences occur for those who cannot use
them in moderation.
However, this doesn't not mean by any means that More takes a anti-drug
stance. Social and occasional use of marijuana and alcohol is condoned,
whereas use of harder drugs like heroin and LSD are highly frowned upon by
Schroeder, who also penned the script as well as directed.
Those who are hoping to locate a copy need to seek out independent video
stores, garage sales, libraries, and/or internet auction (to name a few)
because the movie has been out of print since 1994. It is not likely to be
reissued for several years and assuming it is, it will probably only be
available on DVD.
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