What did you think of Nostrum
Anyone have an opinion on it?
shareMy one big pet peeve:
- addicts in movies should look like addicts, not well-fed, yuppie, once-in-a-while, users
- their clothes looked almost brand-new, well cared for, not frayed, or riddled with holes from being worn day-in and day-out from people too strung out to care what they look like, or smell like
- their bodies were healthy, well-fed, not emaciated, track marked, spotted with sores that refuse to heal
If you're going to do a movie about hard-drug addiction, at least get actors who LOOK like long-time drug addicts. Go on a hard-diet before filming, make the hair greasy- and stringy-looking, mess up the clothes, use makeup to simulate open sores on the face, the arms, from the formication* that comes with most long-term hard drug usage. In short, at least make the movie LOOK like a drug addiction movie!
*the feeling that bugs are crawling on/in your skin making you scratch and scratch until you bleed, then you stop for a few days, the skin scabs over, but the itchy feeling is always there, and then you give in again and start scratching again, ripping the scabs off, never giving the skin a chance to heal, thus causing open oozing sores to remain on the body
Not all 'junkies' are overwhelmed by their drug habits. There are millions of 'functioning' addicts, who can manage & afford their habits, whilst holding down jobs & mortgages. Then there are others who can barely cope with life with or without drugs. This is a class stereotype, given especially since the worst drugs bar far are the two legal ones, alcohol and nicotine.
shareAgreed. Alcohol and Nicotine is big business and not being de-legalized ever. While people are getting jailed for marijuana possession.
share "- addicts in movies should look like addicts, not well-fed, yuppie, once-in-a-while, users
- their clothes looked almost brand-new, well cared for, not frayed, or riddled with holes from being worn day-in and day-out from people too strung out to care what they look like, or smell like
- their bodies were healthy, well-fed, not emaciated, track marked, spotted with sores that refuse to heal"
Are you serious, I thought they looked horrible, I actually made a comment to my ex-wife also a recovering addict with 7 years clean how dirty they & the scenes were, I had an Escalade & a Corvette when I was using heavily, of course NONE of which were waiting for me when I got out of prison. The bank repo's & DEA seized everything payed for. Seriously though I new hundreds of addicts, with new cars and bachelor degree's,polititions,business owners,ECT.
You obviously don't have any experience on this subject so I do not fault you for your ignorance,
but this is how it is,The vines of addictions crosses all barriers into suburbs & into high class people's lives.
You stream it, I watch it, I spread the word = BUZZ 4 Films That Need It!
glad you, someone with more experience than me, said something. ive got a good friend who was a junkie for a long time in her teens and she was never as the person you replied to thinks all junkies should look. In fact if all junkies looked that way it would be far easier to know who they are, and anyone higher-class than a hobo wouldnt be able to be seen in public if they were a junkie (probably a good thing, but its simply not how it is)
shareThe look of an addict can also come from how long and how hard he or she might be using. A heroin addict can look different than a methamphetamine addict and the amount they are using can also affect the way they look. It doesn't take long to get a good jones going and that doesn't mean you're going to look all raggedy with holes in your clothes, etc... etc.. The stereotypical junky in a movie is usually homeless and dirty and that just isn't the real case. As my friend puts it,"The vines of addiction cross all barriers into the suburbs and upper class peoples lives". It's not just a ghetto thing, never was. It's what Hollywood wants you to think in most cases.
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