Flicker
Directed by Nick Sheehan6.468%6.8
Artist Brion Gysin developed the Dream Machine. The device has in its core a 100-watt light bulb, which is surrounded by a spinning open column with windows to allow the light to shine through. To be experienced with ones eyes closed, the Dream Machine has a flickering effect of light and dark, much like a strobe light. The experience has been described as hypnotic or hallucinogenic. Some have called the Dream Machine a drug-less high. Gysin, through archival interviews, many of the Dream Machine's users, some of whom are friends of Gysin, and scientists tell of their experiences with the machine and speculate on its physiological effects.
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Flicker was released on 12. november 2008.
Flicker was directed by Nick Sheehan.
Flicker has a runtime of 75 m.
Flicker was produced by Anita Lee.
Artist Brion Gysin developed the Dream Machine. The device has in its core a 100-watt light bulb, which is surrounded by a spinning open column with windows to allow the light to shine through. To be experienced with ones eyes closed, the Dream Machine has a flickering effect of light and dark, much like a strobe light. The experience has been described as hypnotic or hallucinogenic. Some have called the Dream Machine a drug-less high. Gysin, through archival interviews, many of the Dream Machine's users, some of whom are friends of Gysin, and scientists tell of their experiences with the machine and speculate on its physiological effects.
The key characters in Flicker are Self (Richard Metzger), Self (archive footage) (Brion Gysin), Self (William S. Burroughs).
Flicker is rated Not Rated.
Flicker is a Documentary film.
Flicker has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.