Great Movies About Mental Illness

Great Movies About Mental Illness Sept 16, 2021 18:34:18 GMT Rufus-T, mortsahlfan, and 1 more like this

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Post by london777 on Sept 16, 2021 18:34:18 GMT

Sept 16, 2021 16:28:47 GMT mortsahlfan said:

ki Kaurismaki's characters suffer depression, but the movies are comedy-dramas. Very minimalist, centered around everyday stuff -- work, relationships, disappointments. Especially the movies starring Matti Pellonpaa who unfortunately died at 45.

I don't remember any Kaurismäki movies where a character is clinically depressed. They are Finns. That is how Finns are all the time. I used to live there.

If someone is depressed because of real problems such as debt, relationship break-up, death of friends or loved-ones, that is not a mental illness. In such cases they would be mentally ill (or at least, rather odd) if they were not depressed.

Great to see you giving Kaurismäki a plug, though. He is not talked about enough on this board. And in case anyone might be put off by your characterization of his films, I would advise that they are warmly humane, life-affirming, and often wryly comic.