What Movies Have You Watched Recently?

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Wasn't going to bother mentioning the following movie but then I was just on my to the gas station and some girl pulled in front of me in a chocolate brown Morgan. I assume everyone knows what a Morgan is but if not it's the car Michael Douglas buys in The War of the Roses (1989) and then Kathleen Turner runs it over with her 4x4. Anyhow that's not the movie.

What I watched was The Trip (1967) with Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper and Susan Strasberg. Written by Jack Nicholson and directed by Roger Corman. Supposed to be a visual representation of an LSD trip. Not like any of my experiences, but there were moments of the movie I really enjoyed.



The best cinematic representation of an LSD hullucination I have seen is the Las Vegas hotel check in scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) when the pattern from the carpet starts to creep up the walls.

That aside there was some good music, some good editing in some spots and it was worth watching for the historical interest alone.

At the time it was released it was pretty controversial as it was portrayed by some authorities as a how to manual for taking an LSD trip. Bruce Dern plays the guide for Peter Fonda. I never required a guide for any of my trips and if I did have one I certainly wouldn't want the character portrayed by Bruce Dern as my guide. He would have had me in panic mode before I even started to trip.

Anyhow, the Morgan thing. I forget who was driving, Fonda or Dern, but one of them had a Morgan that they drove from Hopper's place where they scored the acid, back to Dern's place where Fonda drops it. It was Roger Corman's idea to use a Morgan because it was his favourite car.

You can also see cameos from some Corman regulars inclucing Dick Miller as a bartender. He had the lead in A Bucket of Blood (1959)