The Devil's Pool: Madness, Melancholia and the Artist
Cecily Brennan
Description
'This documentary addresses the long-held public belief in a connection between madness and artistic creativity. The documentary combines a dramatised section with interviews with artists, researchers and academics. These interwoven strands contrast the chaos and torment of mental collapse with the careful rationality of psychiatric research and the views of working artists. Over the course of the documentary the film-maker compares the intellectual and measured observations of the experts, their words controlled and thought through, with a description of the descent into chaos and madness of a young artist ending in overwhelming depression and stasis. The interviewees include Dr Simon Kyaga from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Professor Patricia Waugh of Durham University, the playwright Frank McGuiness and the poet Paul Muldoon.' (Sourced from http://www.cecilybrennan.com/the-devils-pool on May 16th 2016)
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Details
Title
The Devil's Pool: Madness, Melancholia and the Artist
Year
2014
Tags
Language
English (eng)
Duration
00:30:00
Original formats
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Aspect ratio
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Colour
Colour