Dirty Pictures

Dirty Pictures

Plot:

We get a peek into the life of an old man with an interest in drugs and consciousness.

Review:

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, or the "Godfather of Ecstasy", which he also is called in various circuits, is the main subject of this film. He is basically a very skilled ivy league chemist who lives in San Francisco who got interested in psychedelic drugs and their often very dramatic effects on the human body. But with regard to the U.S drug laws and the DEA being quite offensive and influential, Sasha decides to try his various experiments with his drug liberal psychiatrists of a wife.

Once they find a drug that attracts them both in taste they ask a few friends over to their house and share fraternally at the world premiere of the drug and just take it easy a couple of days. Sometimes they get out on public meetings and various art shows but usually, given their age, mostly spend time at home playing piano, baking muffins and experimenting with various chemicals.

Alexander is a part of a group of people that have been on both sides of the law but still have remained friends since the 70s and they have alot of stories to share. We get to follow both the philosophical and scientific side to psychadelics even though the documentary doesn't really go deeply into the subject. Interesting watch nonetheless.



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