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| Book: | Altered States |
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| Author: | Paddy Chayefsky |
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| Publisher: | Harpercollins |
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Altered States
Ken Russell
It’s easy to understand why the late, great screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky removed his name from the credits of
Altered States and substituted the pseudonym Sidney Aaron. After all, Chayefsky was a revered dramatist whose original source novel was intended as a serious exploration of altered consciousness, inspired by the immersion-tank experiments of Dr. John Lilly in the 1970s. In the hands of maverick director Ken Russell, however,
Altered States became a full-on sensory assault, using symbolic imagery and mind- blowing special effects to depict…
