Beautiful People

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After a bystander watches a Croat and a Serb fall out of the door of a bus fighting she says, "It's psychedelics." (0:02)

Griffin's friends Bigsy and Jim share a joint in his room. (0:07)

Griffin's bricklayer friend (Jim?) reveals track marks on his left arm. (0:09)

Male voice on the Higgins' car radio: "He is a junkie Penelope." (0:20)

Griffin finds Jim in the bathroom bleeding from an injection site and nodding. He finds the syringe still contains heroin and injects himself after which he, too, nods. (0:36)

Griffin's mother Felicity finds drug paraphernalia under his bed. She shows it to his father Roger who says, "Heroin." (0:48)

Griffin gives the UN med team heroin, cooks it in a spoon, and injects an injured man before they amputate the man's leg. (0:50)

Roger examines Griffin's paraphernalia. He finds a tourniquet and a spoon. (0:52)

Roger confronts Griffin with his syringe. "This habit is... terrible." (1:02)

Referring to Jerry Higgins, a psychologist tells Jerry's wife Kate, "He's suffering from Bosnia syndrome... It's not as bad as Gulf War syndrome. This one is curable."
"It's an obsession with helping people... You identify with the victim... you become the victim, and the victim becomes you." (1:30)

Immigrant Pero and medical student Portia smoke a joint. (1:30)

Griffin's mother inadvertently insufflates some of Griffin's heroin and becomes intoxicated. (1:33)

An eccentric appearing hypnotist hypnotizes Jerry attempting to make him want to keep his leg. (1:35)

heroin | hypnosis | identification | joint | Opioid Intoxication | psychedelic | psychologist

Faruk Pruti, Thomas Goodridge, Tony Peters (II) 1999