LSD-25 (1967)
1967 · Short film · 26 min · dir. David Parker
- Documentary
Synopsis
The dangers of LSD are driven home to teenagers in this classroom training film, which is "narrated" by an LSD tab. The "tab" tells kids that he is "a depth charge in the mind!" and various teenagers are shwn babbling about their LSD experiences. "Experts" are presented who warn that LSD makes kids "paint themselves green" and has various other horrible side effects, the most serious of which is that it gives users a police record, and that there is "no known way of getting your fingerprints…
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Details
- Director
- David Parker
- Studio
- David Parker Productions, Professional Arts Inc.
- Released
- 1967-01-01
- Running time
- 26 minutes
Cast & crew
David Parker Director- Carl Franzoni
- Vito Paulekas
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Very effective drug film. · JonathanDP · 2010-02-13
This is one of the rare drug educational films that doesn't simply take the "drugs are bad, m'kay" approach. It effectively shows the history, effects and downsides to LSD. It even admits some of the negative stories people have heard are wrong! I can't imagine the people currently in charge of the drug war doing that, when they seem to think lying is okay because it's to "protect the children". 'LSD-25' is a pretty well made film. I found it fairly gripping and thought the narration was really good, with idea of it being from the drug's perspective novel. I even learnt something.
★★★★ · saw this "first run" · KellyL · 2023-05-28
I remember seeing this in grade school in 1967. It is well done, and we weren't "scared" by this short. In fact we were pretty impressed by the fact that it was done from the perspective of the drug. and how "noirish" it is. The theme song, Round Round has been an earworm ever since.
