James Charney, Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness Through Film

Subjectivity in any medium has always been hard to depict, although the specific difficulties depend on said medium. Literature’s descriptions and internal monologues are affected by the biases and viewpoints of every reader; a piece of theatrical art is constantly reinventing itself while being re...

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Hovedforfatter: DeBrock, Jacob
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: European journal of American studies 2025
Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:Subjectivity in any medium has always been hard to depict, although the specific difficulties depend on said medium. Literature’s descriptions and internal monologues are affected by the biases and viewpoints of every reader; a piece of theatrical art is constantly reinventing itself while being redefined by the culture surrounding it; cinema’s dependence on the visual sense can overwhelm any other sense or mental faculty the viewer has. These difficulties with subjectivity become even more ...