Most of the odvious classic drug reference movies that come to my mind are comedies. Half Baked, or any of the Cheeh and Chong movies. I actually found a list of popular movies with drugs in them on wikipedia. I noticed on this list that most movies with drugs in them were made from the '90s on. There of course are exceptions, but the majority are newer. I think the reason for this could be that we are getting used to drugs more and more in our society. It's no longer something that we try to hide or avoid. Drugs are out in the open, and putting them in movies just helps relate to the audience. More people now know the effects of certain drugs, so making a movie scene with them is much easier for the director.
Marijuana references have even made their way into our tv shows. One of the most odvious being That 70's Show. Smoking weed in the basement on a popular tv show. Probly not acceptible 30 years ago. Also the classic Simpsons episode on the issue of medical marijuana. Acceptible and funny today, even though weed is still illegal. I think it just shows that more and more people are getting comfortable with drugs or drug references.
Anyways, there are some great movies on the list I linked to above, so if you have a chance take a look. See if a few of your all time favorites are on there. Here is my top ten movies with drugs list. American Beauty, Breakfast Club, Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Half Baked, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, Requium for a Dream, Spun, Super Troopers. Really hard to choose with so many great movies.
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yeah you are so right. what about Alice in wonderland. the catapiller is smokin a hookah. and Alice is eating mushrooms. haha lmao. also like you said there are so many more and i think that they are hilarious!!
with more and more druge being shown in movies we are being acoustomed to them. i belive that in the a the next ten years or so we get so used to the drugs on tv that we wount even care about them anymore. and with more people geting used to it it will be easier to legalise it. that is really bad...
haha wow, that story would have me scared so bad if some huge guy started talking shit to me. atleast nothing got out of hand and security was there to calm him. so if he was on steroids that could be a likely action from the side effects. funny story.
i like this post... Natural Born Killers and Belly ad Candy are my a few of my favorite movies. Oh by the way thanks for letting me know that the Y2K Club is highering dancers.
Fun post. The point of the drugs as an cultural phenomenon that is gaining currency in our media is related to your overall blog topic, specifically considering how Half Baked makes marijuana use seem fairly innocuous, whereas, say, Requiem for a Dream paints a bleak picture for those addicted to other drugs.
I thought the Candy Mamma was referring to was the classic from the sixties based on the Terry Southern novel and starring a mess of celebrated actors (like Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, and John Huston, for starters). No outward drug use, but boy, is it trippy. If you can find it, check it out.
I'm partial to Jay and Silent Bob, myself.
I remember the Candy(1968) you are talking about because it has Ringo Starr in it. I also remember because The Byrds and Steppenwolf contributed songs to the soundtrack. But, mostly just because Ringo Starr was the gardener from Mexico in the film. Another Candy film starring Heathe Ledger and Abbie Cornish was released in 2007 containing alot of heroin use and is base on the book by Luke Davis rather than, Terry Southern.
i agree. that if they ceep making movies about marijuana its not going to that interesting.
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