Asylum [videorecording]
2015
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Documentary following the schizophrenic residents of a refuge based upon the theories of radical Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing. Spending three weeks with London's Archway community, film-maker Peter Robinson captures the patients and therapists as they live side by side and try to help each other recover from their diagnosed illnesses through compassion and ultimately regain their freedom.
Main title:
Asylum [videorecording] / producer, Peter Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, Peter, 1950-, director
Imprint:
Screenbound Pictures, 2015.
Collation:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : col.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.33 (4:3) Standard), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Mono), Interviews (R.D. Laing), Commentary (Kenneth Robinson), Other documentaries ('Breathing and Running' (1971), 'Psychiatry and Violence' (1971)).Made in 1972.Credits: cinematographer, Richard W. Adams; subject, R.D. Laing; subject, Leon Redler; subject, David Bell.DVDN.Credits: director, Peter Robinson; cinematographer, Richard W. Adams; subject, R.D. Laing; subject, Leon Redler; subject, David Bell.
Audience:
BBFC code: E.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
070.18070.18355
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1379683
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