Hallucination Generation
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Hallucination Generation is a 1966 film by Edward Mann
. Purportedly intended as a warning against the dangers of pill-popping Sixties hedonism along the lines of 1936's Reefer Madness
, the film's primary purpose appears to have been titillation, thus landing it in the genre of exploitation cinema.
The film is a drama set in Spain
where a small group of American young adults is living. The leader of the group is a drug dealer. The others are there living carefree lives as beatnik
s. The leader has more nefarious aims in mind, and uses drugs to lure the others into lives of crime. Most of the film is in black and white, but there is a psychedelic sequence depicting the purported effects of the group using LSD
which was filmed in color.
It is often cited as an example of counterculture
cinema.
Edward Mann
Edward Mann may refer to:*Edward Mann , Nationalist member of the Australian House of Representatives and radio commentator*Edward C. Mann , former United States Representative from South Carolina*Edward S...
. Purportedly intended as a warning against the dangers of pill-popping Sixties hedonism along the lines of 1936's Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness is a well-known 1936 American propaganda exploitation film revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try "marijuana" — from a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, and descent into madness...
, the film's primary purpose appears to have been titillation, thus landing it in the genre of exploitation cinema.
The film is a drama set in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
where a small group of American young adults is living. The leader of the group is a drug dealer. The others are there living carefree lives as beatnik
Beatnik
Beatnik was a media stereotype of the 1950s and early 1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s and violent film images, along with a cartoonish depiction of the real-life people and the spiritual quest in Jack Kerouac's autobiographical...
s. The leader has more nefarious aims in mind, and uses drugs to lure the others into lives of crime. Most of the film is in black and white, but there is a psychedelic sequence depicting the purported effects of the group using LSD
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
which was filmed in color.
It is often cited as an example of counterculture
Counterculture
Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. Counterculture can also be described as a group whose behavior...
cinema.