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Sat Nov-06-04 10:36 PM
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| I miss the "nuthouse" movie genre. |
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Seems like institutionalized depression and psychosis doesn't make it to the gray screen anymore. What's up with that?
Remember "David and Lisa"? He went around trying to chop peoples' heads off with the hands of a giant clock. The only thing she was capable of saying was "The Name Game." Lisa, Lisa, fo Fisa...
Then they fell in love. Sigh...
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| NightTrain
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Sat Nov-06-04 10:40 PM
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| 1. Don't forget "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." |
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Sat Nov-06-04 10:40 PM
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| 2. The White House and Congress should suffice for what Hollywood |
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isn't into-"nuthouse" movies.:crazy:
:crazy::crazy::argh:
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| TroubleMan
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Sat Nov-06-04 10:44 PM
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| 3. It got replaced by reality TV....same thing |
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Sat Nov-06-04 10:44 PM
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| 4. Advances in medications and Reagan-era deinstitutionalization... |
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pretty much did in the inpatient genre. Over time, psychiatry also lost its gloss as a profession having a window into the innner workings of the "creative but tormented" soul.
Even "Girl, Interrupted" was a retro-1960s story.
Others in this genre that come to mind are "Lillith," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Shock Corridor," one of the best of the bunch.
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| mitchum
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Sat Nov-06-04 11:30 PM
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| 5. "Shock Corridor" is one of the greats |
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along with "The Snake Pit"
and I guess "Frances" qualifies as a "nuthouse glamour" flick
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