Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
- ISBN-10
- 1613344619
- ISBN-13
- 9781613344613
- Series
- Movies and Mental Illness
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 475
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-01
- Publisher
- Hogrefe Publishing
- Authors
- Danny Wedding, Ryan M. Niemiec
Description
Thomas Leroy: “The truthis when I look at you all I see is the white swan. Yes you're beautiful, fearful, and fragile. Ideal casting. But the black swan? It's a hard fuckingjob to dance both.” Nina: “I can dance the black swan, too.
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