People Like Ourselves

Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies

von Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman

184 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Little 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.

• Reihe: Studies in Film Genres
• Themen: Kunst Darstellende Künste Film, Kino Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik
• ISBN: 9780810848764
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.09.2003
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Scarecrow Press