Drug-related BD's

[Aaron]

Found another good one: Thirteen

[DjGuinness]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Just put Drugstore Cowboy and Trainspotting (the DVD...it was $15 cheaper, lol) in my Amazon cart, along with Blow and the NIN Live BD.

Any more movies that are psychologically deep?

You know Aaron, now that I think about it, since you really liked Requiem for a Dream, you'll probably really like The Wrestler, directed by Requiem director Darren Aronofsky, it's very similar to Requiem in that's very emotional and psychologically deep and like Requiem (at least for me) leaves you quite depressed at the tragedy of it all at the end.

What really made the movie special was the film was more or less a metaphor for lead man Mickey Rourke's life and career. Also having been a life long wrestling fan I seen quite a few not be able to give it up and go off the deep end. (Hulk Hogan comes to mind right now)

Absolutely great film, and I don't care what anyone says, Mickey Rourke deserved the Oscar for this film, not Sean Penn for Milk.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Any more movies that are psychologically deep?

Other than Blue Velvet...... I would say "Traffic" is a good one....

Not too deep in that level, but "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is a great drug-genre movie..... (also check out "Where the Buffalo Roam" it's another Hunter S. Thompson piece...)

How about "Maria Full of Grace" that's a good one.... It's about girls from Bolivia (I think) that are used as drug-mules and stuffed full of drugs and sent to the U.S.

"Deep Cover" is a GREAT one... it's from when Lawrence Fishburn was "Larry" Fishburn
"Bad Lieutenant" is a good one with Harvey Kietel.....

"The Panic in Needle Park" is great.... especially if you're a Pacino Fan...

"SLC Punk" is another in the lines of "Trainspotting"

If you can track down a copy of "La vendedora de rosas" check it out too..... it's Columbian (again.... I 'think' it is) about inhaling shhhhhtuff.......

That's about all I can think of going through my DVD collection off the top of my head....

Good luck.... (Blue Velvet is highly recommended)

[sonyfanboy]

Originally Posted by DMC86X

I cant beleive no one has metioned Requiem of a Dream.

and American Gangster.

[Sussudio]

I KNEW this was an Aaron thread!!

Aaron--most of the movies I'd recommend have already been listed, but I did want to throw my backing behind Requiem, as I think that's one of the best drug-related movies I've ever seen. Great choice!

[ManUtd]

Scarface

[bageleaterkkjji]

friday lol

[Mr.White]

Goodfellas and Easy Rider.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

Goodfellas and Easy Rider.

how did I forget about Easy Rider !!!!!!

Just got it on Blu-ray too (haven't checked it out on Blu-ray yet though)

It certainly has a powerful message.......

[Aaron]

I just watched "Spun". It's follows some crystal meth users for four days. Highly recommended, but it isn't on BD.

WATCH IT. NOW.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Aaron

I just watched "Spun". It's follows some crystal meth users for four days. Highly recommended, but it isn't on BD.

WATCH IT. NOW.

Ahhhhh saw it.... doesn't hold a candle (or a bent-up spoon, and cracked-out-lighter) to the ones I recommended earlier.........

Of the ones I listed, what ones have and haven't you watched before?

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Ahhhhh saw it.... doesn't hold a candle (or a bent-up spoon, and cracked-out-lighter) to the ones I recommended earlier.........

Of the ones I listed, what ones have and haven't you watched before?

The scene in Spun where spiderman shoots up is disgusting. He uses a rusty needle, a dirty cigarette filter, no prep swab, and spit to dissolve the meth crystals. It made me sick watching it. It's insane that someone would actually resort to that (yes, people actually do that) when they inject.

I haven't seen any of the ones you've listed...yet.

[HRC]

Candy(DVD) with Heath Ledger is a great heroin movie. The Salton Sea is a good meth movie. Boogie Nights coming soon on blu has some good meth parts. Layer cake is ok. The Weeds series. Blow and Traffic are two of my favorites. Can't wail until ALL of these movies are on bluray! Empire is also good although more about business than drugs... but the business IS drugs.

[RyRyMcNizzy13]

the ones i own that involve drugs n alcohol are

American Gangster
Bad Santa
Beerfest
Belly (not mentioned i dont think)
Blow
The Departed (sorta)
The Doors (not mentioned i dont think)
Friday
Goodfellas (at the end)
Harold & Kumar
Pineapple Express
A Scanner Darkly
Training Day (sort of)
True Romance (not mentioned i dont think)


never realized how much drug movies i own hahaha

[hardcorefrokid]

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas! Comes out February 2, 2010.

[jedi209]

not on blu yet but you might like The Basketball Diaries

[dajaga]

hands down midnight express, not tottally about drugs but cool anyways

[scorsetinogilliam]

Originally Posted by Aaron

I just watched "Spun". It's follows some crystal meth users for four days. Highly recommended, but it isn't on BD.

WATCH IT. NOW.

i was so disappointed in this movie...it looked so promising, great cast, in the end just felt like it was there for shock value, not a whole lot to say...

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by scorsetinogilliam

i was so disappointed in this movie...it looked so promising, great cast, in the end just felt like it was there for shock value, not a whole lot to say...

I liked it because there was no story. It's just a pseudodocumentary about the typical life of a group of meth users. It was extremely realistic. I live in a meth-infested town in Oklahoma...that movie is an exact portrayal of what people do when they're tweaked out.

The only thing I found wrong with it was how everyone's pupils got small when they used meth. All stimulants make pupils dilate. In the heroin use scenes in Requiem, pupils get extremely dilated- opiates make the pupils pinprick. Things like that annoy me. lol

I still get the chills when I think about the IV scene in Spun.

[Crimson King]

Don't forget "Crank"!