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An ex-cop, Pete Dalmas, is pursuing a drug runner Mr Big. He visits another ex-cop, Rojack, who has become a drug addict. Rojack gives him a lead to a drug dealer called the Plastic Man.
Dalmas: Directed by Bert Deling. With Peter Whittle, Peter Cummins, Max Gillies, John Duigan.
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- Drama
- Bert Deling
- 1973-11-01
May 18, 2024 · Bert Deling’s Dalmas (1972) begins as a pulp thriller and ends with a psychedelic riff on Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968). True to its characters’ drug-of-choice (LSD), the film manages this lurch through slight associational shifts that steadily alter the film’s look-and-feel.
Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts.
- Bert Deling
- Apogee Film Productions
Telling the tale of a violent ex-cop searching for the man who killed his partner, the film takes an unexpected turn when he encounters drug lord Plastic Man and a tribe of LSD enthusiasts. What follows is both literal and metaphorical mayhem as the boundaries of the film start collapsing and our idea of what's real is pushed to its very limits.
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Made on a collective basis with members of the experimental performance group The Tribe, Dalmas spins a classic pulp narrative into a thought-provoking inquiry into the process of filmmaking itself. We're pleased to present this screening in collaboration with the moving-image guide and invaluable resource Screen Slate.
