The War on the War on Drugs (2005)

Synopsis: Channeling the anarchic spirit of its 1970s ancestors THE GROOVE TUBE and KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, Cevin Soling's THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS is a rapid-fire succession of skits and sketches with a... Channeling the anarchic spirit of its 1970s ancestors THE GROOVE TUBE and KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, Cevin Soling's THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS is a rapid-fire succession of skits and sketches with a unifying anti-authoritarian, pro-drug theme. Shot on video with a team of nonprofessional actors, and making use of some grainy public domain footage, Soling's gleeful "throw everything against the wall" mentality is infectious--and while basic physics guarantees that not everything will stick, the bits that do are a lot of fun. Created with short attention spans (Read: intoxication) in mind, the parade of bits includes the Mr. Wizard-inspired "Dr. Science," a children's program in which the titular educator shows how to make LSD before giving his young, uninitiated guest the first sample; a comparison between the elementary school drug-prevention program D.A.R.E. and the Hitler Youth; a serial entitled "Satan's Stepchildren," which consists of old black-and-white movie footage re-dubbed with non sequiturs, and "Frogman Versus Welder," a parody of European art films. Not all of the bits pertain directly to drug use, and the film is at its smartest when it calls the U.S. government on its questionable motives for the consistently failing war on drugs. [More]

Director: Cevin Soling

Director: Cevin Soling
Composer: Martin Trum