Mental disorders have an environmental origin, but also a biological one, even inherent to the functioning of the brain, so it does not matter whether we visit a village lost in the forest or a big city: Mental disorders have existed, as far as we know, for as long as human beings have existed..
In this book of Jose Valenzuela, many of the facets of madness, of brain malfunction, can be explored, using as a common thread the plot of fifty films in the history of cinema. Its title: We are all born crazy. 50 essential titles about mental disorder.
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Some traits of madness or abnormalities are not always negative. “Fools open the paths that wise men will later follow,” he said. Carlo Dossi. and the philosopher Aristotle was more blunt more than two thousand years ago: “There was never a genius without a hint of madness.” Madness has also served to write some of the most interesting scripts in the history of cinema.
Madness has always lived on the dark side of our society. Our history witnesses times of confinement, rejection, fear or pure morbidity around people who have a mental disorder. Cinema, always interested in portraying the human soul in all its complexity, has opened a window to the lives of these crazy people, their families, the treatments they have been subjected to and the social context in which they have had to live. . Stories that reflect suffering and pain, but also overcoming and conciliation.
WE ARE ALL BORN CRAZY: 50 essential titles about mental disorder (Essential Filmographies)
If you want to know more about the author, a true polymath, and also delve a little deeper into the ins and outs of this and other books he has published, I recommend the next interview:
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Books that inspire us: 'We are all born crazy' by Jose Valenzuela
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