Insanity and Cinema: Keys to understand a complicated affair

• Main Author: Beatriz Vera Poseck
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2008-10-01
• Series: Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/175

<font face="Garamond" style="font-size: 11pt"> </font> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond"> Psychopathology and mental disturbances have always been prevalent in cinema because they add an element of drama and mystery. Films portraying mentally disturbed characters like <em>Dr. Dippy´s Sanitarium</em> (1906) or <em>Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari</em> (1919) by Robert Wiener were released only a short time after the Lumière brothers had invented the cinematographer. Since then, there are a large number of films whose plot and intrigue are based on insanity and its manifestations. The list grows steadily every year.</span> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm; text-align: justify" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Garamond">            This article is a review of some of the mental disturbances that have been portrayed in films. Its main purpose is to establish sensible choices and mistakes that have been committed while attempting to address the bottomless world of madness.</span></p>