The Psychopath : A Life in Movies /

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tabet, Joanna, director.

Series:

A Life in Movies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychopaths in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Video Library, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

Montreuil : French Connection Films, 2015.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Charismatic and independent, treacherous and amoral, cruel and violent, the figure of the "psychopath" enables filmmakers to explore the darkest sides of human behavior. He often intrigues, fascinates, and horrifies us... but he can also sometimes amuse us. Under which light is the psychopath represented in cinema? Is the audience meant to suffer the consequences of a criminal's action, or to enjoy them? Are we victims, accomplices, or merely spectators of horror? Through a century of world history and successive artistic movements, this documentary sheds light on cinema's most terrifying antisocial characters, from the mysterious serial killers of the 1930s to the violent psychopaths of postmodernism..

Credits:

Writers: Joanna Tabet, Olivier Roussille Editor: Ancelin Quinton Narrator: Michael Richard.

ISBN:

9781350442207

OCLC:

1392286903

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.