Case Study: Amphetamines

Case Study: Amphetamines

Produced by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

19693 min4.9 / 10

A stark 1960s public service documentary that uses a man's personal testimony and a concrete metaphor—his inability to repair a radio—to illustrate the cognitive and functional deterioration caused by amphetamine addiction.

A man talks about his addiction to amphetamines and illustrates his struggle by his sudden inability to fix a radio.

Questions people ask

  • Is Case Study: Amphetamines sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Case Study: Amphetamines violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Case Study: Amphetamines end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Case Study: Amphetamines easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Case Study: Amphetamines scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity92

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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