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Unfortunately, Russell's
films after Tommy never quite captured the level of intensity or
creativity of his films of the early seventies. (The magic of Jupiter-Uranus
fades fast!) There was one exception: Altered States.
This cerebral sci-fi
fantasy awed initial viewers by the quality and intensity of its special
effects. Not since 2001 some twelve years earlier had a film attracted
viewers due solely to visual effects. At the time of Altered States's
production and release in late 1980, Neptune was trining Russell's natal
Neptune by transit. Also, Jupiter had made its way to the opposite side
of the sky since Tommy and was now opposing Russell's Jupiter-Uranus
conjunction.
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Neptune trine Neptune
can often elevate one into the realm of the spiritual imagination. Certainly,
the visual effects of Altered States speak to this quality. Russell's
visuals seems to have a more ethereal, beautiful touch to them when compared
to the Plutonic themes of his earlier work. With Jupiter opposite
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Russell's natal Jupiter-Uranus we again get the quantum breakthrough in special
effects technology that we saw in Tommy when Jupiter was conjuncting
Russell's Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. The special effects in Altered
States incorporated many innovative computer graphics long before
computer generated special effects became popular.
It was truly ahead of
its time. As was Russell who certainly deserves another look.
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