More (1969)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Writers:

Eugène Archer (dialogue)
Mimsy Farmer (dialogue: collaboration on final version)
(more)

Release Date:

21 October 1969 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Crime

Tagline:

When two people love, one always loves more.

Plot:

The making of a heroin addict. Stefan, fresh from college, hitches from Germany to Paris, where he does...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | German | Breaking And Entering | Heroin Addict | Money

Cast

Mimsy Farmer	...	Estelle Miller
Klaus Grünberg	...	Stefan Brückner
Heinz Engelmann	...	Dr. Ernesto Wolf
Michel Chanderli	...	Charlie
Henry Wolf	...	Henry
Louise Wink	...	Cathy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georges Montant	...	Seller (uncredited)

Directed by
Barbet Schroeder

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eugène Archer		dialogue (as Eugene Archer)
Mimsy Farmer		dialogue: collaboration on final version
Paul Gardner		dialogue: collaboration on final version
Paul Gégauff		screenplay and dialogue (as Paul Gegauff)
Barbet Schroeder		screenplay and dialogue
Barbet Schroeder		story

Produced by
Pierre Cottrell	....	associate producer
Charles Lachman	....	executive producer (as Charles R. Lachman)
David Lewis	....	executive producer (as David L. Lewis)
Barbet Schroeder	....	producer

Original Music by
Pink Floyd		(as The Pink Floyd)
David Gilmour		(as Pink Floyd)
Nick Mason		(as The Pink Floyd)
Roger Waters		(as The Pink Floyd)
Richard Wright		(as Pink Floyd)

Cinematography by
Néstor Almendros

Film Editing by
Denise de Casabianca
Rita Roland

Art Direction by
Néstor Almendros		(as Nestor Almendros)
Fran Lewis

Sound Department
Jack Jullian	....	sound
Robert Pouret	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Bernard	....	electrician
Olivier Bogard	....	assistant camera
Lester Waldman	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Monique Giraudy	....	assistant editor
Madeleine Grimberg	....	second assistant editor

Other crew
Alfred de Graff	....	second assistant to producer (as Alfred de Graaff)
Carlos Durán	....	assistant to producer (as Carlos Duran)
Janine Evrad	....	script (as Janine Euvrard)
Monique Giraudy	....	script
Fred Junck	....	second assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Jet Films
• Les Films du Losange

Distributors

• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Cinema V (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (English-track)
• Guerilla Films (????) (UK) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Beat (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Beat (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Gier nach Lust (West Germany) (new title)
More - Mehr, immer mehr (West Germany)

Runtime:

West Germany:117 min

Country:

West Germany | France | Luxembourg

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Jet Films

Trivia:

The soundtrack was composed by Pink Floyd. The band was given £600 and complete ownership to all of the material for their work, and some of the songs on the album were still in their live set list by 1971. The band also scored the music for another Barbet Schroeder film, La vallée (1972) in 1972.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: David Gilmour's last name is misspelled "Gilmore" in the opening credits.

Quotes:

Stefan Brückner: I wanted to burn all the bridges, all the formulas, and if I got burned that was okay too. I wanted to be warm. I wanted the sun, and I went after it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)

Rather boring

What you see is the story of a demise. While this may have been interesting at the time when this movie was made, today it is somewhat dull to watch a young, clueless German guy go to Paris, then Ibiza with an ex-junkie girl who first turns him on to marijuana, then to horse (heroin). In between, they also try out LSD. The music by Pink Floyd is psychedelic, however, the drug experiences of the two protagonists are never visualized for the viewer, so you couldn't really speak of a psychedelic movie here. Also, there is no real plot, as the couple gets more and more irritable due to their drug consumption. For people who are not familiar with drug culture, it may be interesting to watch the authentic and detailed depiction of how various drugs are consumed. Also, there are some very beautiful shots of Ibiza.