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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

The daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly dedicated his life to radical self-investigation and unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and communication. “My body is my laboratory” was the motto, and his research on the language of dolphins and whales – as well as psychedelics and sensory deprivation – assured his own cult status in 20th-century pop culture as the basis for Ken Russel’s Altered States and Mike Nichols’s The Day of the Dolphin. Directors Michael Almareyda and Courtney Stephens, along with narrator Chloë Sevigny, explore the life of a determined scientist and his experiments into the psychonautical unknown.

Top Cast

  • Chloë Sevigny

    Chloë Sevigny

    Narrator (voice)

  • Alejandro Jodorowsky

    Alejandro Jodorowsky

    Self

  • Allen Ginsberg

    Allen Ginsberg

    Self (archive footage)

  • Timothy Leary

    Timothy Leary

    Self (archive footage)

  • Scott McVay

    Scott McVay

    Self

  • Hella McVay

    Hella McVay

    Self

  • Diana Reiss

    Diana Reiss

    Self

  • Gigi Coyle

    Gigi Coyle

    Self

  • John Cunningham Lilly

    John Cunningham Lilly

    Himself (archive footage)

Overview

The daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly dedicated his life to radical self-investigation and unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and communication. “My body is my laboratory” was the motto, and his research on the language of dolphins and whales – as well as psychedelics and sensory deprivation – assured his own cult status in 20th-century pop culture as the basis for Ken Russel’s Altered States and Mike Nichols’s The Day of the Dolphin. Directors Michael Almareyda and Courtney Stephens, along with narrator Chloë Sevigny, explore the life of a determined scientist and his experiments into the psychonautical unknown.

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