More (1969) - director Barbet Schroeder
Continuing our fascination with European films of the 60's, we recently watched Barbet Schoeder's "More" (1969). Starring Mimsy Farmer and featuring a classic soundtrack by Pink Floyd, the film is one part Icarus myth, one part sixties "free love" sexploitation film, and one part cautionary drug tale. A young German graduate travels to England and finds free -spirited friends. Attracted to a girl who may be the freest spirit of all, he follows her to sunny Ibiza where they begin an idyllic relationship which turns obsessional and perverse when drugs begin to rule their lives. Filmed mostly on the island of Ibiza, the cinematographer was Nestor Almendros, who would later film such classics as "The Story of Adèle H," "Days of Heaven," and "Sophie's Choice."
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