More (1969)

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France, Luxembourg, United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

18+

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young German man travels to Ibiza and falls into a destructive relationship with a free-spirited woman. They become entangled in heroin addiction and the dark side of the 1960s counterculture.

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What happens

More is a 1969 English-language romantic drama film written and directed by Barbet Schroeder in his directorial debut. Starring Mimsy Farmer and Klaus Grünberg, the film deals with heroin addiction as drug fascination on the island of Ibiza, Spain. Made in the political fallout of the 1960s counterculture, it features drug use, "free love", and other references to contemporary European youth culture. The screenplay was written by Paul Gégauff and Barbet Schroeder with the original story by Schroeder. It features a soundtrack written and performed by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released as an album the same year. Schroeder's inspiration for the film came from the counterculture tradition of the 1960s with themes of drugs, addiction, sexual freedom, and the beauty of life often in New Wave films. Production began in 1968 with a low budget, and the film was partially funded by Jet Films and executive produced by Les Films du Losange. Upon its release on 4 August 1969, More garnered mostly negative reviews from critics. It was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. More was released on DVD on 5 April 2005 by Home Vision Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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