The director pressured into dropping acid, thanks to Dennis Hopper

The director pressured into dropping acid, thanks to Dennis Hopper

They say that music and film follow culture like a shadow. Whatever is going on in the world, just behind it are artistic representations of that very thing. In the 1960s, a lot of these artistic interpretations were hugely influenced by acid. This applied to both the world of music and film. While the drug is still around today and frequented by plenty, it had a real boom in the ‘60s, and so much of what was made was a very clear reflection of …