FRIDAY 9:00 // JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE

$15.00
sold out

Friday, August 22, 2025
9:00 PM - 10:15* PM
Headphone Theater

Yes, that John Lilly - the one who tried to teach dolphins to speak, took LSD in sensory deprivation tanks, and believed in cosmic entities controlling coincidences. This is a sharply crafted documentary, and it’s as strange as you'd hope. Oh yeah… it’s narrated by Chloë Sevigny!!

Friday, August 22, 2025
9:00 PM - 10:15* PM
Headphone Theater

Yes, that John Lilly - the one who tried to teach dolphins to speak, took LSD in sensory deprivation tanks, and believed in cosmic entities controlling coincidences. This is a sharply crafted documentary, and it’s as strange as you'd hope. Oh yeah… it’s narrated by Chloë Sevigny!!

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FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM:

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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

Director: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens

Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: An essay film about the mysteries of consciousness and communication channeled through neurophysiologist and “psychonaut” John C. Lilly, a daring experimenter with dolphins and psychedelics. Lilly’s motto — “My body is my laboratory” — carried him into realms of radical self-investigation, while his research also helped bring dolphins and whales into the collective dreamlife of the 20th century.

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