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I bought this video thinking it would be a complete unedited version. i was wrong its the same as the vhs version i also purchased from amazon.com. drug references are edited out and so are partial scenes. do not buy this video from amazon in vhs or dvd.i was fortunate to have rented an uncensored vhs copy from tower records a few years ago. now im stuck with two crap copies. i wish amazon had forewarned me before purchase.i will no longer buy from amazon.

I totally liked "More"... Nestor Alemandros does excellent camera work as always, Mimsy Farmer is a complete babe, and there's lots of cool scenes of them getting high. And actually, it's a pretty accurate morality tale.. I don't think it falls for the 'reefer madness' stuff, but it shows a starkly realistic descent into the nightmare of heroin addiction. I'm suprised the movie is not given a fair shake.. during the wild, get-high times of the late '60s, this is a great little film that shows the downside of drug culture without being preachy. And it's gorgeous to look at.

I first heard of this film in 1984 when I first started to get into Pink Floyd. The soundtrack album, though still one of my favorites, seemed to be an echo of something bigger, yet out of reach. Because of this, the film (to me, anyway) was something I had to be in search of. I found a copy at Lechmere in the mid 90's and was psyched. Almost a 'music video' to the soundtrack album, it aslo features songs not heard on the soundtrack album (most notably the never-released "Seabirds") and some cuts with different mixes (like "Cymbaline" with Waters on lead vocals).
For these reasons alone, the film is a must for any avid Floyd fan. Apart from that, I've seen very few films that document the free-spiritedness of the era. Made in 1969 and set in the same present, it chronicles Stephan - a German math student's travels through Europe, where he meets Estelle, an American Heroin user.
Soon Stephan is using everyday and quickly becomes addicted. You'll have to watch it to find out what happens to Stephan, I won't spoil it here. Suffice it to say that this is one of the bleakest, darkest and most truthful depictions of hard drug addiction. The letterbox version offers little more landscape than the original home video release, but it does have a really cool trailer (in french) at the end. Also the original release had no subtitles and the widescreen version does ("...so THAT's what they were saying"). All in all it's a great film but much better if you are an avid Pink Floyd fan.
If you love Floyd, this film is a MUST!
If you love heroin, this film may change your view.
Either way, you'll have some kind of reaction.

This movie defies any easy description of it. What makes it so great is the way it transcends the confines of normal film narrative. And Pink Floyd does deserve a lot credit for that transcendant feel. The cinematographer and the great locations also have a lot to do with the feel of this picture. The actual plot is somewhat pedestrian. Two youths dropping out further and further. Both however are played by very appealing actors and Mimsy Farmer is especially interesting. She plays her role with a cool and naturalness making her seem like the very incarnation of the sixties spirit both the creative and destructive side of it. The male lead has less star appeal but he is solid. Its her movie though. Hers and the blue seas, and the soundtrack. Barbet Schroeder is not serving any script, rather he is capturing a mood, the story is incidental to the music.

I enjoyed this movie on many levels such as musically with the Pink

Floyd early era music, the nice scenery, historically such as the drug use

and the attitudes at the time ; the sensuality of some scenes- the nudity added to the feeling of personal freedom that is very attractive in the film and at the same time lead to tragedy which makes it a good story and film.

Dont listen to the naysayers below, MORE is a fantastic example of 60s counterculture cinema. The main reason, of course, is the classic soundtrack music by Pink Floyd (possibly their most underrated and overlooked album), but the film has a cool, laid-back late 60s European attitude that is very appropriate for the subject matter. The Paris scenes are great, but the real magic of the film happens on the island of Ibiza (where Nico would die in a bicycle fall during the 80s). It's a magical place that gives the cinematography of the film (by Nestor Alamendros) an almost mystical look at times. The German actor Klaus Grunberg plays the naive hero, Stefan, with a slightly campish quality that makes him rather endearing. And, of course, Mimsy Farmer is great to look at, especially in the many nude scenes that were edited out of the original 1969 American release. The 2000 rerelease of the film is fantastic, a beautifully remastered print with great sound, and letterboxed too! Light the sacred herb, and let the film draw you in slowly. It might take a couple of viewings to appreciate its more subtle points, but for Pink Floyd fans (and for Barbet Schroeder fans), this and it's companion film, LA VALLEE, are essential to your collections. And for $... each, how can you go wrong? FIVE STARS one of my alltime faves! check it out :)

I saw the movie for the first time in my life some weeks ago.It`s not available on video in europe and the US standard doesn`t work in my player.
I can understand that the movie can be boaring and seems to be unprofessional,famous only because of the Pink Floyd music.
Some dialoges are really out of time and the timing: ok its the late 60s!See "man who fell to earth" or "rosemarys baby"Movies were slower at this time.
But I want to tell something about the place Ibiza.As I live here for 5 years(I`m german,not spanish)I think,I can say,that there is another way of feeling this movie knowing this very special place.From the late 60s to now Ibiza has a "strange atraction" to people,who want to change their life.Esoterical interested,drugusers,drop outs,for them Ibiza is a dream.Matter of fact we call it "Magic island" and speak about the "Spirit of Ibiza".Now the old hippie lifestyle has changed,but every summer the best DJs offer us high quality settings in techno and house(Sven Väth,Carl Cox,John Acquaviva etc)
So Ibiza is really what you see in the movie and the movie let me with a very strange bad feeling,because for this german guy the dream broke and the bad power of heroin won at least.
We have not so many heroin problems here,as one could think,but it is really amazing,that a place,which can give pure pleasure without taking any drugs has a big drug market.
To see "More" as a portrait from Ibiza is a way to understand it,a broken dream for some of us,but see also the beautines.
By the way,I didn`t like the way,the germans were presented,cause at this time the neonazi or old nazi problems were not as obvious and no woman or girl would bear the way this german macho treated her longer than 5 minutes.
I liked the movie because it made an echoe in my soul for some days,not a good feeling,but better than no feeling.
And its a portrait of a time.
Regrds from Ibiza,Thomas

In 1969, "More" prompted many young urbanites to move to Ibiza, to live the utopian dream. The Pink Floyd is a favorite among the expatriate veterans who still live on the island. English is the proper language for this movie, for, not only it facilitated its commercialization, but actually is the lingua franca among these expressive expatriates.

Though a tad disappointing as a movie production, "More" historically embodies the Spirit of a time. The acting is quite ludicrous at the beginning, but it gradually improves, as the narrative unfolds and the actors get into their roles. In any case, More is definitely a cult of the counterculture, thematizing the challenges and shortcomings of transpersonal utopia. Reflecting the anti-heroine stance (drug which ultimately throws hippies down from bliss to destruction), the movie resonates with autobiographies, such as Cleo Odzer's "Goa Freaks", and it can be better understood by the anthropological book by Anthony D'Andrea, "Global Nomads" about Ibiza and Goa/India.

If you experienced the counterculture, and/or were in Ibiza (its alternative world, not tourism...), or like chaotic romances in exotic yet real situations, then you will love the movie. But if you don't empathize with any of the related issues, then it is better not to expect too much...

This is actually not a very good movie. The "draw" for me was the Pink Floyd score. If you're a serious Floyd person, you ought to have it. The film itself is pretty dated and shallow. A curiosity for the collector.

Wow! Floyd fans must be going mad! - "More" is back on the market!Yay!