How do you feel about the portrayal of mental illnesses in the film industry?

members of the psychopathic behavior community are often used as villains in thrillers ?

Dr Lecter for example ?

Reply 2

OP

Original post by the bear

members of the psychopathic behavior community are often used as villains in thrillers ?

Dr Lecter for example ?

yeah i agree with that - nightmare on elm street is one too! I need to check that movie out

Reply 3

then there is The Madness of King George...

Reply 4

OP

Original post by the bear

then there is The Madness of King George...

i think my EPQ is calling for a movie night

Reply 5

Jamie S

13

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481580/ lmao

Reply 6

Original post by Jamie S

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481580/ lmao

OMG

Reply 7

Dead Man's Shoes portrays a mentally handicapped young man up north somewhere very well. He is murdered and his brother slays the perpetrators one by one ?

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/oct/03/philipfrench

Reply 8

OP

Original post by the bear

Dead Man's Shoes portrays a mentally handicapped young man up north somewhere very well. He is murdered and his brother slays the perpetrators one by one ?

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/oct/03/philipfrench

sounds good - i need to look at movies that show it good too! have you watched 50 first dates?

Reply 9

Original post by sumaiyah101

sounds good - i need to look at movies that show it good too! have you watched 50 first dates?

No... is it American ?

Reply 10

username457532

17

Most of the time they're stigmatising as hell.

But I enjoyed Welcome to Me though. It's not perfect but it felt like a good way of showing how BPD affects a person and those that love them without making it seem like a bad thing or that Alice wanted to hurt her friends and family and that they shouldn't keep in contact with her.

Reply 11

OP

Original post by the bear

No... is it American ?

yep - drew barrymore has anterograde amnesia, its pretty good - apart from some huge misconceptions

Reply 12

OP

Original post by SmallTownGirl

Most of the time they're stigmatising as hell.

But I enjoyed Welcome to Me though. It's not perfect but it felt like a good way of showing how BPD affects a person and those that love them without making it seem like a bad thing or that Alice wanted to hurt her friends and family and that they shouldn't keep in contact with her.

THANKS!! ill have a quick look

Reply 13

student1234_

Original post by sumaiyah101

HI,

for my EPQ i would really like to look into the portrayal of mental illnesses in the film industry, i was wondering what your thoughts were. have you watched any movies that portray mental illnesses well? or are they mostly exaggerated?

thanks

the movie secret cutting/painful secrets portrays the act of depression and self harm as a whole in a very exaggerated way. Whereas in prozac nation I feel like the portrayal of depression is quite accurate and very well portrayed - I would recommend watching this if you want to see an accurate representation of depression and how an individual with this mental illness functions.

Reply 14

Joinedup