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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Title: Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
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| Bernard Hill | ... | The Presenter | |
| Phil Daniels | ... | Thomas de Quincey | |
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Thom Booker | ... | Edgar Allan Poe |
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Patrick Barlow | ... | Théophile Gautier |
| John McEnery | ... | Charles Baudelaire | |
| Jon Finch | ... | Gérard de Nerval | |
| 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) |
| 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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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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23 February 1993 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Storm Thorgeson directs this insightful documentary. Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.) it documents just how influential drug experiences have been on the minds of great writers, poets and thinkers. It shows that one hundred years ago many people thirsted for some form of 'drug' to fuel imagination and creativity. Storm Thorgeson may be known to some viewers as the designer of Pink Floyd album covers. Informative, enjoyable, and spiritual...