Post by kijii on Feb 17, 2018 6:24:01 GMT
It is a little unclear what you mean by PTSD in this thread.
One normally thinks of it in relation to veterans who re-live traumatic experiences in their minds (flashbacks) long after coming home.
However, there are movies about veterans who return to civilian life and have a hard time re-adjusting--but without having PTSD.
All three returning veterans in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) had these re-adjustment problems, but as I recall, only Dana Andrews had flashbacks to battle episodes..awaking from dreams in a cold sweat.
As far as having flashbacks for non-veterans is concerned, I would submit Marnie (1964) to you in which Tippi Hedren was totally affected by a childhood event that was unknown or undiscovered. Also, while on Hitchcock, what about Vertigo (1958) in which Jame Stewart re-lived his vertigo experience every time he had to deal with heights.
For a more current movie about PTSD, one might consider Garrett Hedlund's role in Mudbound (2017). Did he have flashbacks or was it an adjustment problem?
In Coming Home (1978), Jon Voight's problem was both physical and emotional, but Bruce Dern's role comes closer to what I think of as PTSD.
What about Dirk Bogarde in Libel (1959) where he seemed to suppress a battle experience until is is brought out?
Christopher Walken's role in The Deer Hunter (1978) seems to be the most classic example I can think of for PTSD for a returning veteran.
It is probably hard to portray PTSD per se in movies.
One normally thinks of it in relation to veterans who re-live traumatic experiences in their minds (flashbacks) long after coming home.
However, there are movies about veterans who return to civilian life and have a hard time re-adjusting--but without having PTSD.
All three returning veterans in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) had these re-adjustment problems, but as I recall, only Dana Andrews had flashbacks to battle episodes..awaking from dreams in a cold sweat.
As far as having flashbacks for non-veterans is concerned, I would submit Marnie (1964) to you in which Tippi Hedren was totally affected by a childhood event that was unknown or undiscovered. Also, while on Hitchcock, what about Vertigo (1958) in which Jame Stewart re-lived his vertigo experience every time he had to deal with heights.
For a more current movie about PTSD, one might consider Garrett Hedlund's role in Mudbound (2017). Did he have flashbacks or was it an adjustment problem?
In Coming Home (1978), Jon Voight's problem was both physical and emotional, but Bruce Dern's role comes closer to what I think of as PTSD.
What about Dirk Bogarde in Libel (1959) where he seemed to suppress a battle experience until is is brought out?
Christopher Walken's role in The Deer Hunter (1978) seems to be the most classic example I can think of for PTSD for a returning veteran.
It is probably hard to portray PTSD per se in movies.
