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01.12.2015 | Case Report

I am (mentally ill)? A documentary by Tom Shadyac

verfasst von: Kristen C. Blinne

Erschienen in: Journal of Medicine and the Person | Ausgabe 3/2015

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Tom Shadyac, famous for his role as an American writer, director, and producer of films such as The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Patch Adams, and Liar Liar, set out on a journey to explore the following questions: What is wrong with the world? and What can we do about it? The outcome—I am, a 2010 documentary—follows Shadyac after his 2007 bicycle accident, resulting in post-concussion syndrome, which motivates him not only to re-think his priorities in life but also to take a “sharp turn into unchartered territory” [1]. It is Shadyac’s sharp turn that I discuss in this essay. …

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Titel: I am (mentally ill)? A documentary by Tom Shadyac
verfasst von: Kristen C. Blinne
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2015
Verlag: Springer Milan
Erschienen in: Journal of Medicine and the Person / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 2035-9411
Elektronische ISSN: 2036-3877
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12682-015-0223-8

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