The Psychedelic Priest

2001

Action / Drama

3
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 229 229

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Plot summary

A priest sheds his habit, tunes in, turns on and drops out for a road trip that will change his life and bring him sorrow. Filmed in 1971 but not released until 2001.

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1 hr 20 min
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HSauer

Decent obscurity from 1971

Actually filmed in 1971 for theatrical release, this is a late-60s time capsule of counter-cultural themes. It shares some traits with EASY RIDER, being a "road movie" with a graphically depicted acid trip, a cemetery seen through a distorting lens, hippie communes, drugs, and evil murderous rednecks. There's a familiar-sounding (obligatory) rock music soundtrack. The main character is a priest who "drops out" and hits the road to find himself, or get away from it all, or something like that. ELECTRIC SHADES OF GREY (the title) refers to moral & ethical ambiguities that complicate our lives and undercut easy idealism and efforts to be "good." The priest resolves his personal crisis in a surprise (?) ending that reinforces the theme of ambiguity.
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Reviewed by worldsworstwryter 4 / 10

So miserable it's almost funny.

A bleak, meandering slog through the ridiculously miserable life of the titular psychedelic priest.

For the most part this film was just plain depressing. The story is very disjointed; lingering around for a few dull scenes before hopping to the next event that is supposed to happen, then something tragic occurs, then they linger around some more, then cue the next event, and repeat.

However... it's not all bad. The headache-inducing camera work (particularly the intense zooming and the weird fisheye lens hippies) can be quite interesting to look at. Or, kind of funny, at least. Unfortunately though, it's onlyabout 30% funny stuff, and 70% boring misery.

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