Trailer
FLicKeR
6.8
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1h 15m
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2009
Overview
In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations, drugless highs, and revolutionize human consciousness. It looks simple enough; a 100-watt light bulb, a motor, and a rotating cylinder with cutouts. Just sit in front of it, close your eyes, and wait for the visions to come. The Dream Machine enthralled mystics and freethinkers everywhere; Kurt Cobain had a dream machine, and William S. Burroughs thought it could be used to “storm the citadels of enlightenment.” With a custom-made Dream Machine in tow, director Nik Sheehan takes us on a journey into the life of Brion Gysin; his art, his complex ideas, and his friendships with some of the most eccentric counter-cultural icons. Taking the Dream Machine as the basis of its explorations, FLicKeR asks crucial questions about the nature of art and consciousness, and imagines a humanity liberated to explore its creativity in complete freedom.
Cast
Richard Metzger
Self
Brion Gysin
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
Self
Genesis P-Orridge
Self
Kenneth Anger
Self
Iggy Pop
Self
Marianne Faithfull
Self
Marcus Boon
Self
Udo Breger
Self
Catherine Clément
Self
Ira Cohen
Self
Brett Despotovich
Self
Sophie Duplaix
Self
John Geiger
Self
John Dunbar
Self
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