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An Analysis of as Good as it Gets and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (1685 words, 2 pages)

"as good as it gets" and Obsessive compulsive disorder After recently watching the movie As Good as it Gets, starring Jack Nicholson (Melvin Udall) and Helen Hunt (Carol the Waitress), I was left with the impression of a very peculiar man who had some very strange habits. During the course ... Read More

The Unpredictable Styles of Stanley Kubrick (764 words, 1 pages)

As in many of his films, director Kubrick exploresthe dimensions of the genre to create the ultimate horror film - hedeliberately reduces the pace of the narrative and expands the rather simpleplot of a domestic tragedy to over two hours in length, creates lush imageswithin the ornate interior of the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Ethical and Societal Implications of Psychosurgery (2948 words, 5 pages)

Introduction One Flew Over the Cockoos Nest presents a flashing array of images and scenes that are impossible to ignore and impossible to forget. One particular scene, where Jack Nicholson is being led to bed with a marring scar on his forehead, is among the most socially disturbing. For, we ... Read More

An Analysis of Milos Forman’s Movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Based on Ken Kesey’s Novel (2874 words, 4 pages)

Milos Formans One Flew Over the Cockoos Nest is based on Keseys best selling novel. Its allegorical theme is set in an authentic mental hospital, a state hospital in Oregon. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest represents a place of resistance exhibited by a lively, eccentric anti-hero against the hospital ... Read More

A Review of the Film One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1230 words, 2 pages)

One flew over the cuckoos nest -Film review- In the middle of nowhere, only a vast open landscape sits a mental institution, where a prisoner has been transferred - MACMURPHY played by Jack Nicholson. Outside such beautiful scenery, on the inside its a little different. For the remainder, your eyes ... Read More

An Overview of the Concept of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) (712 words, 1 pages)

Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as ECT, is a type of psychiatric shock therapy. ECT involves the induction of a seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain. In the 1930s, Ugo Cerletti, the Italian psychiatrist, came up with the idea for treating human beings with Electroconvulsive therapy. He ... Read More

An Introduction to the Motion Picture Art (368 words, 1 pages)

The 1970s were a creative high point in the US film industry and Hollywood was renewed and reborn - it was also a box-office-oriented decade. Hollywood's economic crises in the 1950s and 1960s, especially during the war against the lure of television, were somewhat eased with the emergence in the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Pledge by Sean Penn (1302 words, 2 pages)

In the movie The Pledge, director Sean Penn delivers a suspenseful and compelling mixture of murder and faith. Not only does he force us as viewers to examine our own opinions of good and evil throughout the twisted plot of the film, but he also keeps our attention with his ... Read More

The Psychological Themes in the Movie One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (704 words, 2 pages)

Every year in the United States psychologists and other people havebecome more interested in psychological disorders than the year before. Andevery year there are more movies made than ever before about people withpsychological problems. One of the most famous of those is One Flew overthe Cuckoo's Nest, starring Jack Nicholson. ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013