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The Bipolar Express : Manic Depression and the Movies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (383 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780810891944
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Bipolar ExpressDDC classification:
  • 791.43/6561
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.M275 -- .C654 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief Overview of Manic Depression and How It Affects Creativity -- 2 The Early Cinema and Mental Illness -- 3 The Golden Age of Silent Films and Manic Depression -- 4 1930s: Bipolar DisorderSpeaks at the Movies -- 5 1940s: The Effects of World War II on Bipolar Cinema -- 6 1950s: Psychological Realism in Bipolar Film Depictions -- 7 1960s: The Liberalization of Manic-Depressive Stereotypes in Cinema -- 8 1970s: The Manic-Depressive Temperament Defines New Hollywood -- 9 1980s-1990s: The Burgeoning Diversity of Depressive Expressionism -- 10 2000s: Bipolar Cinema Fully Emerges from Lingering Shadows -- Notes -- Select Filmography ofBipolar Cinema by Year -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book examines the lives and works of famous filmmakers and screen actors through the perspective of bipolar and depressive disorders. The filmmakers discussed in this volume include directors Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Tim Burton; as well as actors Carrie Fisher, James Dean, Peter Sellers, and Jim Carrey.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief Overview of Manic Depression and How It Affects Creativity -- 2 The Early Cinema and Mental Illness -- 3 The Golden Age of Silent Films and Manic Depression -- 4 1930s: Bipolar DisorderSpeaks at the Movies -- 5 1940s: The Effects of World War II on Bipolar Cinema -- 6 1950s: Psychological Realism in Bipolar Film Depictions -- 7 1960s: The Liberalization of Manic-Depressive Stereotypes in Cinema -- 8 1970s: The Manic-Depressive Temperament Defines New Hollywood -- 9 1980s-1990s: The Burgeoning Diversity of Depressive Expressionism -- 10 2000s: Bipolar Cinema Fully Emerges from Lingering Shadows -- Notes -- Select Filmography ofBipolar Cinema by Year -- Index -- About the Author.

This book examines the lives and works of famous filmmakers and screen actors through the perspective of bipolar and depressive disorders. The filmmakers discussed in this volume include directors Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Tim Burton; as well as actors Carrie Fisher, James Dean, Peter Sellers, and Jim Carrey.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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