Thursday, November 4, 2010

An Important Source I found

Since my topic is portrying mind, the movie I'm going to talk about is Shine. It is about a very intelligent pianist, David Helfgott, suffering from schizophrenia, and comes back to stage at the end. The source I got is from Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. It analysises six symptoms of schizophrenia, which are Paranoid, Disorganized, Catatonic, Undifferentiated, Residual, and Schizoaffective Disorder. I figured out the main character David is belong to disorganized schizophrenia since the symptoms he shows in the movie fell into that catagory. It also helps me to compare the real symptoms and the way it was showed in the scenes.

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