Post by marshamae on Sept 18, 2021 0:10:59 GMT
Did we mention Psycho?
Mental illness in film before 1980 seemed to concentrate on certain colorful illnesses. Multiple personality, kleptomania, easy to film and full of dramatic possibilities. Deep depression and melancholia, Catatonia, are all useful plot devises as ways to move someone out of the story, but not very interesting to film. Amnesia is also a nice way to sideline a character, but has many dramatic possibilities as the amnesiac re enters his/her life, or starts to regain the lost memories. Mania is interesting, but hard to make part of a story , as it is so disruptive .
Mental illness in film before 1980 seemed to concentrate on certain colorful illnesses. Multiple personality, kleptomania, easy to film and full of dramatic possibilities. Deep depression and melancholia, Catatonia, are all useful plot devises as ways to move someone out of the story, but not very interesting to film. Amnesia is also a nice way to sideline a character, but has many dramatic possibilities as the amnesiac re enters his/her life, or starts to regain the lost memories. Mania is interesting, but hard to make part of a story , as it is so disruptive .