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People Like Ourselves: Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies : Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies (Studies in Film Genres, No. 3)
People Like Ourselves Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies Portrayals of Mental Illness in the Movies - Studies in Film Genres, No. 3 Author:Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman 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 an... more »d As Good as It Gets.« less