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2) Glass lips
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 94 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A kaleidoscope of surreal, provocative, and resonant imagery, in Glass lips Majewski explores a hidden human frontier where memory, madness, and imagination meet. Composed of 33 short films entitled Blood of a poet, the film opened the 2006 Lech Majewski Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A year later, the Venice Biennale presented it on multiple screens, prior to the theatrical release in the feature form offered here.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most brilliant mind at America's top university isn't a student-he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
4) Joker
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most days, Arthur Fleck is bullied in public as he works as a clown-for-hire, but his slow descent into madness is hurried along by his mother's failing health, their strained connection with the rich Wayne family, and his failed comedy career.
Mentally ill comedian Arthur Fleck is mistreated by the town of Gotham City, which leads to his downward spiral, bringing him face-to-face with his alter-ego known as the Joker.
Publisher
Honey Tree Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a woman hauted by her past, a beguiling stranger who works his way into her psyche, and a husband who races to uncover the secrets of her history before they destroy her.
6) Proof
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A devoted daughter who comes to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental insanity, with the help of one of her father's former students.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the heart-wrenching true story of Marie Balter. Abused and victimized, she beats impossible odds to build a normal life after spending 20 years locked away in a mental institution.
8) Benny & Joon
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : digital, sound, black and white, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the record books closed on Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall's career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of .272. But before all that, Piersall faced a foe much tougher: mental illness. Based on the true story.
10) Love & mercy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
11) I met a girl
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Devon, an aspiring musician with schizophrenia, meets Lucy, and falls madly in love. However, when she suddenly vanishes, he impusively embarks on an epic journey to find her. Meanwhile Nick, Devon's brother and caretaker, who thinks that Lucy is all in Devon's head, sets off to rescue him.
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
13) Manic
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A troubled young man is committed to a juvenile mental institution, where he is forced by his counselor to confront the source of his rage or face the grim prospect of a life behind bars.
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
15) The boy
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1989. Nine-year-old Ted Henley and his father John are the proprietors of The Mtn. Vista Motel, a crumbling resort buried in the mountains of the American West. Since Ted's mother left, John has drifted into despondency, becoming a living ghost, haunting the motel, leaving Ted to fend for himself. In this isolation, unchecked by the bounds of parenting, Ted's darker impulses begin to manifest.
16) Mental
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shaz is a larger-than-life free spirit who is hired by a local politician to watch his five peculiar daughters. With her unconventional attitude, Shaz gleefully sets to work transforming the girls into proudly unique individuals. But when a mysterious shark hunter throws a twist in her plans, it's up to the girls to change their destiny and find their own happy ending.
17) Swallow
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie. However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband₂s rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder calledpica, a condition that has her compulsively swallowing...
18) The scribbler
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Suki, a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a thought; what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?"--Container.
19) Sybil
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version; thirtieth anniversary second-disc special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A drama based on the real life experiences of a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder. Includes the full 3-hour broadcast version (aired over two nights).
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
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