Movies: Psychedelic

A short experimental animation by Keiichi Tanaami....

IN A DESERT LANDSCAPE DOTTED WITH THE SMOKING CARCASSES OF CAR WRECKS, VEHICULAR AUTOMOTIVE BEINGS RACE TOWARDS EACH OTHER, SPUTTERING, ROARING, IN LUSTY SCREECHING EMBRACE, TOWARDS TOWERING DESTRUCTION WITH FORNICATIVE FERVOR. THREE YOUNG ARE FLUNG,...

A music video/visualizer accompaniment to a mix of unreleased material from Canadian DJ Isabelle "REZZ" Rezazadeh....

60 shorts. 60 minutes. FLOWER HOUR is a psychedelic parody of the online drinking game created by over 100 artists, musicians, and filmmakers, both local to New Mexico and international....

A surreal, pop-art depiction of a young girl losing her virginity....

A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley....

One of Oskar Fischinger's earliest films, Seelische Konstruktionen (as it is known in German), clearly points the way to the masterpieces of musically-blended experimental animation he would conceive in the decades to come. The sense of masterful tim...

Contemplations is an exploration of the depths and meanings of the psychedelic states, a collection of journeys, wisdom and insights from Australian entheogenic exploers....

A lost psychedelic 16mm film reel blending unsettling animation, mime , and drugged-out voice over, created by IMAGO for the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Based on Gabriel Fackre’s 1974 preparatory text for the World Council of Churche...

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Documentary-essay short film about a inner/outter trip to the flowery desert in the north of Chile. A student film by Gabriel Lizama AKA Liz Taylor....

Three soldiers on R&R during the Vietnam War shoot the breeze and discuss their plans for when (or if) they return home....

Our hero, Halvar the Brave, seeks vengeance aboard a witch-born chopper, journeying across a psychedelic landscape on a quest to defeat the deadly beast Mördvél for the slaying of his bride....

Animated documentary of the founding of The Holy Modal Rounders - the first group to use the term psychedelic in recorded music....

A boxing ring turns into a stage for abstract animation where the punches thrown in the match and the halftone dots in reprographics gradually become indistinguishable. Tanaami shot a boxing match on a Motordrive camera, made two thousand offset prin...

An animation mixing hand-drawn and cut-out techniques depicting the daily rituals of weekday morning that is occasionally interrupted by flights of fantasy delivered in stroboscopic flashes. Showing scenes of brushing teeth and face washing, Tanaami ...

A child is driven to the edge of insanity after consuming a special jam....

Tired of her life, a girl sets out to wake up and construct her own reality....

"The Inner Demon" consists of a red-saturated pallet that subconsciously produces a danger response in the viewer's mind. This along with the repetitive nature and monosyllabic delivery gives the piece an unnerving feel designed to replicate that of ...

A lonely podcast host meets up with a fan and has an experience that changes his perspective forever....