This event is in the past.It took place on March 1, 2026 at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
Horror Film
Horror FilmKen Russell's 1980 psychedelic freakout sends a scientist spiraling through primordial consciousness in an isolation tank. Think Jekyll and Hyde meets actual hallucinatory slime transformation, all on glorious 35mm.
Psychedelic sci-fi
35mm screening
Experimental cinema
Mind-bending visuals
Tips
🎬"dazzlingly, dizzyingly divided against itself" (Jessica Kiang)
🎞️preceded by rare 1968 short Primordium with Ravi Shankar score
🧪inspired by real John Lilly sensory deprivation experiments
Altered States
Downtown Berkeley
Horror FilmHorror FilmKen Russell's 1980 psychedelic freakout sends a scientist spiraling through primordial consciousness in an isolation tank. Think Jekyll and Hyde meets actual hallucinatory slime transformation, all on glorious 35mm.
Psychedelic sci-fi
35mm screening
Experimental cinema
Mind-bending visuals
Tips
🎬"dazzlingly, dizzyingly divided against itself" (Jessica Kiang)
🎞️preceded by rare 1968 short Primordium with Ravi Shankar score
🧪inspired by real John Lilly sensory deprivation experiments
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