Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993) - The A.V. Club
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Drug-Taking and the Arts

1993
2h
Documentary/Drama
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Cast

Bernard Hill (The Presenter)Phil Daniels (Thomas de Quincey)Thom Booker (Edgar Allan Poe)Patrick Barlow (Théophile Gautier)John McEnery (Charles Baudelaire)Jon Finch (Gérard de Nerval)Danny Webb (Jean Cocteau)Brian Cory (Robert Graves)Brian Aldiss (Self (author))J.G. Ballard (Self (author))

Director

Storm Thorgerson

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Synopsis

How drugs have influenced artistic production in the course of the last 200 years, focusing on major European and American literary figures and visual artists.

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