Another few comments on a recent movie
Watched a Canadian film called Flashback last night. I only recommend it, if you like psychological dramas and drug-trip movies.
A few thoughts on it. There is a recurring theme about fearing to take a test in high school or college (I used to have nightmares about this). The film is ambiguous about whether the main character becomes a successful business employee or dies young from an overdose in a drug house. For some reason, the movie reminded me of Borges’ famous short story “The Garden of Forking Paths” because it is so unclear what is really going on.
The main character of the movie seems to have an Oedipal issue with his Mother, as well as a drug problem: at the finale, the main character ends up hugging his ailing Mother.
I think it is very difficult to simulate a drug trip in film. There have been many attempts. One I saw a few years back with the actor Justin Long was called The Wave. It was almost painful to experience but honest about the damage drugs can do to your mentality.