More (1969)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Writers:

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

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

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)

A Happy Hippie Heaven? I think not

Like the movie Fahrenheit 451, a native German actor plays the male lead; the majority of dialogue, however, is in English. This means that some may find Klaus Grunberg's heavy accent just as hard to decipher as Oskar Werner's.

I find it amusing that some consider this film to be light and pleasant. To be sure, the scenery is beautiful and the lighting is airy and pleasant, but this serves to accentuate the film's message that underneath the attractive escape drugs provide, dangerous consequences occur for those who cannot use them in moderation.

However, this doesn't not mean by any means that More takes a anti-drug stance. Social and occasional use of marijuana and alcohol is condoned, whereas use of harder drugs like heroin and LSD are highly frowned upon by Schroeder, who also penned the script as well as directed.

Those who are hoping to locate a copy need to seek out independent video stores, garage sales, libraries, and/or internet auction (to name a few) because the movie has been out of print since 1994. It is not likely to be reissued for several years and assuming it is, it will probably only be available on DVD.