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Renegade, the best psychedelic western, ever
(James Kent, Tripzine)
Can a mediocre French western really be the most psychedelic movie ever made? Absolutely! . . . I didn't believe it either until I watched the movie. But they are there, count them, not one, not two, but three full-on Native American shamanic rituals, some lasting ten to twenty minutes at a time, complete with cosmic snakes, hyperspatial centipedes, black morphing thousand-eyed demons, and that's just for starters. The shamanic scenes are intense beyond intense, ranging from the shifting world of coming on and going all the way into the deep realms of the transcendental peak. In short, this film nails the psychedelic experience in all it's glory and horror, the first movie to ever do so, that I have seen. . . . [COMMENT by Lornezo: I haven't seen Renegade yet myself, but James Kent has never steered me wrong. If you know James, you can better understand the power of this movie, as James is about the last person I'd ever expect to exaggerate about these things.] . . . The final psychedelic battle between Mike and Wallace goes well beyond anything you've seen in the Matrix, Altered States, or any other movie that plays around with psychedelic archetypes. This movie does not deliver a watered-down Hollywood version of the psychedelic experience, they bring the goods in an amazing, eye popping way. Please, do not watch this film on drugs. Watch it sober first just to believe for your own eyes what you are seeing. Yes, someone actually spent major money to make a western centered around shamanism. Yes, they actually got it right. . . . Renegade is a French film, originally called Blueberry and based on the comic book of the same name (the hero's name I guess is Mike Blueberry, although that seems to have been cut from the final release). I don't know if it came out in theaters or was released straight to DVD, but it is avilable now, so get it quick. While I have never read the comic, I can only assume that's where the psychedelic influences came from. But whoever put this movie together had a different agenda than your average filmmaker; this movie was made expressly for the shamanic scenes, no doubt about it. I mean, when was the last time you saw a western that ended in a shamanic peyote battle instead of a gun fight? This is some tripped-out shit to be sure, go rent the DVD today. I won't mind if you skip past the boring parts and go straight to the tripping scenes, the plot really doesn't matter that much. But if you want to see the best, most accurate, most lovingly crafted shamanic rituals and psychedelic visuals ever created for home viewing, this is the disc for you. Movie: C ; Shamanic Scenes: A . . . Thanks for the tip Eugene!

[AND, thanks to you James for letting us know. . . . BTW, if you are looking for this film on Netflix, search for it under the word "Blueberry" and scroll down to the bottom of the listings. Then you'll see it listed as "Renegade/Blueberry".]

posted by LoZo 11:51 AM