Zvuky Prahy / Sounds of Prague

terénní nahrávky, zvukové umění, rádio, zvukové procházky
field recordings, sound art, radio, sound walks

Man Will Not Die of Thirst

Tags: film archive
Creator: milos (Miloš Vojtěchov...)
Submitted: 2014-05-08
Recorded: 2014-05-08
Licence: All rights reserved.

Tribute to the Czech film essay made In 1970. The 22-minute film "Man Isn't Dying Of Thirst" by Vaclav Hapl is depicting the use of LSD in psychotherapy, and– was produced in Czechoslovakia film studio of the Ministery of Defence. Czechoslovakia was then the only country in the world still legally manufacturing LSD. Dr. Milan Hausner was the main consultant on the film. The award-winning film explores man's struggles to survive in a fast-paced, complex world –struggles which for many provoke mental disorders –and the clinical use of LSD psychotherapy to cope with mental strain. The film was presented 1974 in Canada and USA. Sound track by Jiří Šust.