LEADER 02336nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910809879903321 005 20240314002942.0 010 $a1-4175-0335-1 035 $a(CKB)111087027936050 035 $a(EBL)1224124 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197846 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229446 035 $a(PQKB)10428769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1224124 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1224124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720208 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL495423 035 $a(OCoLC)852757951 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027936050 100 $a20030515d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeople like ourselves$b[electronic resource] $eportrayals of mental illness in the movies /$fJacqueline Noll Zimmerman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, Md. $cScarecrow Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 225 0$aStudies in film genres ;$vno. 3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-4876-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aLittle has been written, however, about the ability of movies to portray mental illness sympathetically and accurately. Zimmerman fills that void with a close look at mental illness in more than seventy American movies, beginning with classics such as The Snake Pit and Now, Voyager and including such contemporary successes as A Beautiful Mind and As Good as It Gets. 410 0$aStudies in Film Genres 606 $aMental illness in motion pictures 615 0$aMental illness in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/653 700 $aZimmerman$b Jacqueline Noll$f1948-$01656007 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809879903321 996 $aPeople like ourselves$94008632 997 $aUNINA