People like ourselves : portrayals of mental illness in the movies /
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| Author / Creator: | Zimmerman, Jacqueline Noll, 1948- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xvii, 166 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in film genres ; no. 3 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5000010 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. 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
- Ch. 2. 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
- Ch. 3. 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
- Ch. 4. 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
- Ch. 5. 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
- Ch. 6. 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
- Ch. 7. 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.
