The bipolar express : manic depression and the movies / Dave Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bipolar disorder in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file rdaft

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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes filmography and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-27377-6

979-88-8183-056-4

0-8108-9194-8

OCLC:

884014513