Altered States
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Ken Russell |
| Cast | William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid |
| Genre | Science fiction |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Altered States | – |
| Español | Viaje alucinante al fondo de la mente | Viaje alucinante al fondo de la mente |
| Français | Au-delà du réel | Au-delà du réel |
| Deutsch | Der Höllentrip | Der Höllentrip |
| Português | Estados Alterados | Estados Alterados |
| Italiano | Stati di allucinazione | Stati di allucinazione |
| Русский | Другие ипостаси | Drugie ipostasi |
| 中文（简体） | 灵魂大搜索 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 靈魂大搜索 | – |
| 한국어 | 변형된 상태 | Byeonhyeongdoen Sangtae |
| ไทย | Altered States | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Altered States | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Altered States | – |
| 日本語 | アルタード・ステーツ/未知への挑戦 | Arutādo Sutētsu / Michi e no Chōsen |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which scientific self-experimentation and primordial regression collide within the search for ultimate consciousness
■ Synopsis
A scientist uses sensory deprivation and hallucinogens to pursue the origins of consciousness, triggering physical and psychological regression.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ConsciousnessDescent #ScientificTransgression #PrimalRegression #SelfExperimentation
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Consciousness as territory
Reason: The mind is treated as an unexplored field that can be entered through experiment.
Related Film: Solaris - Middle: Knowledge gained through self-destruction
Reason: The pursuit of ultimate truth turns the investigator’s own body and identity into the test site.
Related Film: The Fly - Core: Return from primordial dissolution
Reason: The final crisis is whether the self can re-emerge after touching a state before human identity.
Related Film: 2001: A Space Odyssey
■ Secondary Axes
- Science as metaphysical trespass: Rational inquiry crosses into zones normally reserved for religion, myth, and madness.
Related Film: The Fountain - Love as ontological anchor: Human attachment becomes the force that prevents total dissolution into abstraction.
Related Film: The Tree of Life
■ Person
- Director: Ken Russell
- Cast: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
■ Structural Tags
#ConsciousnessDescent #SelfExperimentArc #IdentityReconstitution
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1980Film #ScienceFiction
