movies_creation
American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Symptoms in Schizophrenia
- Year
- 1940
- Abstract
- Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the condition and treatment of its subjects.
- Notes
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Produced: Pathescope Productions
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 13:07
Audio/Visual: Sd, b&w - Keyword
- Medicine;Psychiatry;Schizophrenia;Hospitals;Psychiatry;Schizophrenia;Hospitals
- Theme
- Psychiatry / Psychology / Mental disorders / Safety
- Review
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Fun with schizophrenics!
Given the age of the film, it's not terribly surprising that little could be done for the people in this film. What is surprising is how much is done to/with them; several forms of schizophrenia on display (this film is essentially an interactive exhibit of the syndrome) allow the "therapist" to pose, push around, and force the sufferers into distorted pantomime. It's a little sad, really, but it does what it promised to do, explores the symptomology of the disease.
(Reviewer: Biflspud) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F