A Film By Errol Morris (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Documentary Film A FILM BY ERROL MORRIS (w/t) asks the question why Leary, the High Priest of LSD, became a narc in 1974 and seemingly abandoned the millions he urged to turn on, tune in and drop out.
Was his “perfect love” Joanna Harcourt-Smith a government pawn, as suggested by Allen Ginsberg?
Or was she simply a rich, beautiful, young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime?
Morris and Harcourt-Smith will reexamine this chaotic period of her life and explore the mystery of the Leary saga: his period of exile, reimprisonment and subsequent cooperation with the authorities.
Devotion or selfishness?
Perfect love or outright betrayal?
Destiny or manipulation?
The film is inspired by Harcourt-Smith’s memoir, Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story.
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