Looking for Mushrooms
Synopsis
LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS (1959-1967) is a psychedelic travelogue film that documents a series of “trips” through rural Mexico and urban America. Conner combined street views of San Francisco shot in the late 1950s with scenes of rural Oaxaca captured during his “mushroom-hunting” excursions between 1961 and 1962, when Bruce and his wife, Jean, were living in Mexico City. On at least one of these trips, the Conners were joined by Timothy Leary, the ex-Harvard professor and soon-to-be leading proponent of psychedelic drugs. In 1996, Conner revised the film once again: he used an optical printer to expand its length from three to fourteen-and-a-half-minutes, and added a new soundtrack, Terry Riley's "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band," to create a more meditative, but no less hypnotizing, iteration of the mushroom hunt.
Release History & Theatrical Window
January 1, 1996
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Bruce Conner
- Original Score
- Terry Riley
- Original Title
- Looking for Mushrooms
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- No Language
- Runtime
- 15m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Bruce Conner
Terry Riley
Department Leadership Roster
Bruce Conner
Director
Production Stills & Gallery
Official cinematic photography and background stills for Looking for Mushrooms.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Looking for Mushrooms
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What is Looking for Mushrooms about?
LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS (1959-1967) is a psychedelic travelogue film that documents a series of “trips” through rural Mexico and urban America. Conner combined street views of San Francisco shot in the late 1950s with scenes of rural Oaxaca captured during his “mushroom-hunting” excursions between 1961 and 1962, when Bruce and his wife, Jean, were living in Mexico City. On at least one of these trips, the Conners were joined by Timothy Leary, the ex-Harvard professor and soon-to-be leading proponent of psychedelic drugs. In 1996, Conner revised the film once again: he used an optical printer to expand its length from three to fourteen-and-a-half-minutes, and added a new soundtrack, Terry Riley's "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band," to create a more meditative, but no less hypnotizing, iteration of the mushroom hunt.
Who directed Looking for Mushrooms?
Looking for Mushrooms was directed by Bruce Conner.
Who stars in Looking for Mushrooms?
The principal cast of Looking for Mushrooms includes Not specified.
When was Looking for Mushrooms released and how long is it?
Looking for Mushrooms was released in 1996 with a total runtime of 15m.
Who composed the musical score for Looking for Mushrooms?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Looking for Mushrooms was composed by Terry Riley.