02313nam 2200553 a 450 991080987990332120240314002942.01-4175-0335-1(CKB)111087027936050(EBL)1224124(SSID)ssj0000219495(PQKBManifestationID)11197846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219495(PQKBWorkID)10229446(PQKB)10428769(MiAaPQ)EBC1224124(Au-PeEL)EBL1224124(CaPaEBR)ebr10720208(CaONFJC)MIL495423(OCoLC)852757951(EXLCZ)9911108702793605020030515d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeople like ourselves portrayals of mental illness in the movies /Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman1st ed.Lanham, Md. Scarecrow Press20031 online resource (184 p.)Studies in film genres ;no. 3Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-4876-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The price of conformity: the false self -- 2. The denial of reality -- 3. Hitchcock, chaos, and the devils of unreason -- 4. Women who can't forget -- 5. Divine madness: poets, prophets, and demons -- 6. War: a battle for the mind and spirit -- 7. Violence and mental illness: a good movie is hard to find.Little has been written, however, about the ability of movies to portray mental illness sympathetically and accurately. Zimmerman fills that void with a close look at mental illness in more than seventy American movies, beginning with classics such as The Snake Pit and Now, Voyager and including such contemporary successes as A Beautiful Mind and As Good as It Gets.Studies in Film GenresMental illness in motion picturesMental illness in motion pictures.791.43/653Zimmerman Jacqueline Noll1948-1656007MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809879903321People like ourselves4008632UNINA