People Like Ourselves Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies

Name: People Like Ourselves Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies
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ISBN: 9780810848764

ISBN-10: 0810848767

ISBN-13: 9780810848764

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman

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Zimmerman moves beyond the usual criticism of the unsympathetic & cruel movie world to examine the substantial canon of works that treat mental illness in an accurate & creative manner. She studies some 70 American movies, ranging from 'Now, Voyager' to 'A Beautiful Mind'.

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 5.81" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Price of Conformity: The False Self


The Madness of King George


Now, Voyager


Fear Strikes Out


To Kill a Mockingbird


Dead Poets Society


A Woman under the Influence


One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest


Nuts


Frances


An Angel at My Table



The Denial of Reality


The Snake Pit


The Three Faces of Eve


Raintree County


Suddenly, Last Summer


The Caretakers


Splendor in the Grass


David and Lisa


Ordinary People


As Good as It Gets



Hitchcock, Chaos, and the Devils of Unreason


Rebecca


Spellbound


Marnie


Vertigo


Shadow of a Doubt


The Man Who Knew Too Much


The Wrong Man


Psycho


The Birds



Women Who Can't Forget


Sunset Boulevard


A Streetcar Named Desire


Don't Bother to Knock


The Rain People


Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams


Plenty


Losing Chase


Possessed


Play Misty for Me


Fatal Attraction


Sophie's Choice


Beloved



Divine Madness: Poets, Prophets, and Demons


A Beautiful Mind


A Fine Madness


Finding Forrester


Benny & Joon


Shine


Agnes of God


Equus


The Fisher King


Lilith


Sophie's Choice


Cross Creek



War: A Battle for the Mind and Spirit


The Best Years of Our Lives


The Caine Mutiny


Captain Newman, M.D.


The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit


Coming Home


Born on the Fourth of July


Chattahoochee


Saving Private Ryan


Platoon


The Thin Red Line


The Deer Hunter


Full Metal Jacket


Apocalypse Now


King of Hearts



Violence and Mental Illness: A Good Movie Is Hard to Find


Shock Corridor


Psycho


The Shining


The Silence of the Lambs


Plenty


Nuts


Repulsion


Girl, Interrupted


Taxi Driver


Raging Bull


Affliction


Notes


Sources Cited


Films Discussed and/or Cited


Index


About the Author