This week we had a turn of our typical past two rock n’ roll movies we have been watching and watched Sid and Nancy. While this film was just as great, but not as humorous, it was definitely different. The film is centered around Sid Vicious who is in the band the Sex Pistols and his girlfriend Nancy. There love seemed to be an almost too good to be true type of love and the drugs surely did not help in their favor. While the film ends in death it shows the true side to what could possibly be what happens in some peoples lives when fame almost seems to get to their head. Even though Nancy did introduce Sid into the world of heroine it completely took over his life, like a drug as strong as that would. You can see where this film gains its cult status. While many rock n’ roll films usually show the great side to the life that they live this one showed a side that many people do not see. Drugs that were this hardcore in films were still almost not really shown. This could be said to how it brought about its cult status because of the use of such a hard drug being used. Many people wanted to see things like that because it was something not usually portrayed in the film industry. Sure, there were films where people were smoking marijuana but not of people shooting up. The acting in the film is great and shows what the two really went through in a close up and personal way. Although the film was a bust in the theaters many people love it to this day, it made a huge impact in peoples lives showing the toxic relationship of the two lovers.

This week we had two readings that Pat and myself presented on. My personal favorite piece was the piece called Cult Cinema and Drugs. The reading took a deep dive into drugs in cult films and even the use of some drugs such as LSD and marijuana in the making of films and just watching them in general. Something that was very intriguing to me was the part when it talked about people being able to smoke marijuana in the theater. People almost could go and get a contact high from the amount of people that would be smoking. But LSD was something that appeared in many exploitation films around the 1960’s with the fall of the Production Code. Some directors even used these psychedelics to make their films and get more in touch with what they were trying to portray. Even though these films may have been portraying these drugs as positive, it is what brought their cult status to them. Many people loved seeing the use of drugs in films and even going and doing drugs while watching the film.

Lastly this week we had two presentations. The first film presented was on was La Haine which seems like a very interesting film. After I found out that I can request it through the library I will be trying to get it! We also had a presentation on Fight Club which is a great cult classic and if you haven’t seen it I recommend trying to see it. Both presentations were amazing and props to Pat on presenting on readings and his film presentation!