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The film depicts drug use is a very gritty way, so much so that Germany gave it an X rating and the UK banned it entirely for several years. This is certainly due to the style in which it is filmed, as well as the drug use itself. The movie is film very much in a cinéma vérité style, which is typically used in documentary filmmaking, thus making the film feel more real. Additionally, this film is believed to be the first to show an actual needle injection during a scene of illicit drug use. This is pretty groundbreaking stuff and remains very realistic and even somewhat shocking today.
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Al Pacino Addiction
The film depicts drug use is a very gritty way, so much so that Germany gave it an X rating and the UK banned it entirely for several years. This is certainly due to the style in which it is filmed, as well as the drug use itself. The movie is film very much in a cinéma vérité style, which is typically used in documentary filmmaking, thus making the film feel more real. Additionally, this film is believed to be the first to show an actual needle injection during a scene of illicit drug use. This is pretty groundbreaking stuff and remains very realistic and even somewhat shocking today.
www.cinapse.co