Altered States
Ken Russell, USA, 1980, 102 min
Audio excerpts from Voile D’Orphée by Pierre Henry



A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. IMDb


Altered States (1980) by Ken Russell


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On le met en relation avec le Cerveau Mystique (2006) d’Isabelle Raynauld (on en parlait ici), les Witches’ Cradles (2009) du Center for Tactical Magic (ici), la Hofmann’s Potion (2002) de Connie Littlefield (ici) et la pochette du groupe Godflesh pour l’album Streetcleaner (1989)