Looking for Toxin X (Czech: Hledá se Toxin X) is a short Czechoslovakian popular science documentary about LSD.
| Looking for Toxin X | |
|---|---|
| Czech | Hledá se Toxin X |
| Directed by | Vladimír Kabelík[1] |
| Screenplay by | Vladimír Kabelík |
| Produced by | Zdenek Novák (Krátký Film Praha) |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Vaclav Voska |
| Cinematography | Svatopluk Malý |
| Music by | Jan Klusák |
Production company | Krátký Film Praha |
| Distributed by | Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu |
Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Plot
editA dose of LSD is given to a DAMU theatre student, Petr Oliva, by the Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof. Special effects convey the subjective experience of the experimental subject. The film's central premise is the search for ‘toxin x’, which is supposed to be at the root of all mental disorders. The medics believe that LSD will help them locate it.[3]
Cast
edit- Stanislav Grof
- Petr Oliva
- Vaclav Voska (Narrator)
Production
editThe whole film crew were also given LSD during filming. The experimental subject Oliva (who went on to become a prominent Czech actor) later recalled that the reason everyone was given the drug was because, “we had to see for ourselves what happens to a person [when they are given the drug].”[3]
Excerpts from the film appear in the documentary LSD made in ČSSR (2015) directed by Pavel Křemen.”[3]
References
edit- ^ Hleda se toxin X. IMDB.
- ^ Hledá se toxin X. csfd.cz
- ^ a b c Kaczorowski, Aleksander (trans. Figiel, Joanna) (05.12.2018). A Communist LSD Trip: The Story of Czechoslovak Acid. przekroj.pl