About the book, from the publisher:
A cultural history of the enduring relationship between film spectatorship and intoxicating substancesThe Page 99 Test: The Optical Vacuum.
Exploring the effects of intoxicants on film spectatorship, Movies under the Influence charts their entangled histories from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece examines the implicit relationship mind-altering substances suggest between mass media, spectatorship, and governmental regulation, offering a new angle from which to understand cinema’s lasting role in evolving American culture.
--Marshal Zeringue