John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

A hallucinatory portrait of researcher John C. Lilly’s life and controversial pursuits, driven by his dream of pushing the boundaries of human consciousness.

Physician and neuroscientist John C. Lilly was as controversial as he was ambitious. From NASA-funded dolphin experiments and LSD trips to cosmic theories and the invention of the flotation tank, his research both fascinated and sparked debate. Through an almost astonishing wealth of archival material, directors Courtney Stephens and Michael Almereyda craft an ambitious portrait of a researcher who continually moved between science and mysticism, genius and madness, in a probing film that evokes both Adam Curtis and Chris Marker, narrated by Chloë Sevigny.

• Rasmus Kilander