Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
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- 2h 0min
- Documentary, Drama
- 23 Feb 1993 (UK)
- Movie
How drugs have influenced artistic production in the course of the last 200 years, focusing on major European and American literary figures and visual artists.
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| Bernard Hill | ... |
The Presenter
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| Phil Daniels | ... |
Thomas de Quincey
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Thom Booker | ... |
Edgar Allan Poe
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Patrick Barlow | ... |
Théophile Gautier
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| John McEnery | ... |
Charles Baudelaire
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| Jon Finch | ... |
Gérard de Nerval
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| Danny Webb | ... |
Jean Cocteau
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Brian Cory | ... |
Robert Graves
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Brian Aldiss | ... |
Self (author)
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J.G. Ballard | ... |
Self (author)
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Virginia Berridge | ... |
Self (author)
(as Dr Virginia Berridge)
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| Paul Bowles | ... |
Self (novelist)
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Todd Boyco | ... |
Andy Warhol
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Robin Buss | ... |
Self (translator)
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Carolyn Cassady | ... |
Self (author)
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Ann Charters | ... |
Self (author)
(as Prof. Ann Charters)
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E.M.R. Critchley | ... |
Self (author)
(as Dr E.M.R. Critchley)
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Margaret Crosland | ... |
Self (author)
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Tony Dickenson | ... |
Self (neuropharmacologist)
(as Dr Tony Dickenson)
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Annette Dolphin | ... |
Self (neuropharmacologist)
(as Prof. Annette Dolphin)
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David Gascoyne | ... |
Self (surrealist poet)
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| Allen Ginsberg | ... |
Self (poet)
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Ronald Hayman | ... |
Self (author)
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John Hemmings | ... |
Self (author)
(as Prof. John Hemmings)
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Bernard Howells | ... |
Self (King's College, London)
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Francis Huxley | ... |
Self (nephew of Aldous Huxley)
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| Laura Archera Huxley | ... |
Self (widow of Aldous Huxley)
(as Laura Huxley)
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Oscar Janiger | ... |
Self (experimental psychiatrist)
(as Dr Oscar Janiger)
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Marek Kohn | ... |
Self (author)
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Malcolm Lader | ... |
Self (psychopharmacologist)
(as Prof. Malcolm Lader)
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| Timothy Leary | ... |
Self (LSD advocate)
(as Dr Timothy Leary)
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Grevel Lindop | ... |
Self (author)
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George Melly | ... |
Self (collector, surrealist art)
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Eric Mottram | ... |
Self (University of London)
(as Prof. Eric Mottram)
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Paul O'Prey | ... |
Self (editor)
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| Diana Quick | ... |
Anaïs Nin
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Peggy Reynolds | ... |
Self (editor)
(as Dr Peggy Reynolds)
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| John Richardson | ... |
Self (author)
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| Avital Ronell | ... |
Self (author)
(as Prof. Avital Ronell)
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June Rose | ... |
Self (author)
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| Hubert Selby Jr. | ... |
Self (novelist)
(as Hubert Selby Jnr)
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| John Sessions | ... |
William Burroughs / Ken Kesey (voice)
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Harry Shapiro | ... |
Self (author)
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Jay Stevens | ... |
Self (author)
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Robert Stone | ... |
Self (author)
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Lawrence Sutin | ... |
Self (author)
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Ian Walker | ... |
Self (author)
(as Dr Ian Walker)
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Directed by
| Storm Thorgerson | ||
Written by
| David Gale | ... | (written by) |
| Storm Thorgerson | ... | (devised by) |
| Edgar Allan Poe | ... | (letters) |
| Philip K. Dick | ... | (novel "A Scanner Darkly") |
| Charles Baudelaire | ... | (essay On Wine and Hashish) |
| Paul Bowles | ... | (novel "Let It Come Down") |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning | ... | (poem "Aurora Leigh") |
| William S. Burroughs | ... | (novel "The Naked Lunch") |
| Jean Cocteau | ... | (journal Opium) |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | ... | (poems "Kubla Khan" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner") |
| Thomas De Quincey | ... | (autobiography Confessions of an English Opium Eater) |
| Théophile Gautier | ... | (book "The Hashish Club") |
| Allen Ginsberg | ... | (poem "Laughing Gas") |
| Robert Graves | ... | (letter Between Moon and Moon) |
| Aldous Huxley | ... | (book "Moksha") |
| Anna Kavan | ... | (novel "Ice") |
| Jack Kerouac | ... | (novel "On The Road") |
| Ken Kesey | ... | (notebooks) |
| Jay McInerney | ... | (novel "Bright Lights, Big City") |
| Gérard de Nerval | ... | (book "Voyage to the Orient") |
| Anaïs Nin | ... | (diary) |
| Arthur Rimbaud | ... | (letters Letters of the Visionary) |
Produced by
| Jon Blair | ... | producer |
Music by
| David Gilmour | ||
Editing by
| John Lee | ||
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Alex Westover | ... | co costume designer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Channel 4 Television Corporation (1993) (United Kingdom) (tv) (as Channel Four)
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