In the clown player's 1991 film "The Drug Movie", the art of cinema verite is taken to heights of realism not seen since Roberto Rosselinni's triumphant "Rome, Open City". By combining realistic settings, lighting, sound, etc. with keenly observant camera placement, the filmakers draw us into a world very few of us ever actually see outside the comforts of a theater. Dziga Vetov, in his essays on the nature of man as seen through the "Kino-Eye", touched upon something that the makers of "The Drug Movie" are obviously very aware of. That is, the camera, more so than anything human, will see to the core of its target. Beyond the actors, beyond the sets and special effects, is the soul of the film. If the emotion is pure and the situations genuine, than the camera is but a window to the truth. The Clown Player's have crafted a finely nuanced example of this cinematic honesty with "The Drug Movie".
The film's opening is startling and immediately draws us into the unfolding drama.......
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