hysteria ( 2011 film )
film review – a dangerous method. directed by david cronenberg, sony pictures 2011
for all of our coverage of the 2011 toronto international film festival, click here. also, here are links to all of my tiff 2011 reviews so far :
madonna is seen at the ‘w. e. ’ press conference during the 2011 toronto international film festival held at tiff bell lightbox in toronto on september 12, 2011
rupert everett attends the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 ...
atmosphere during the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in ...
film review – a dangerous method. directed by david cronenberg, sony pictures 2011 – h - madness
atmosphere during the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in rome, italy .
rupert everett attends the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in rome, italy .
director tanya wexler attends the
hysteria
cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in rome, italy .
director tanya wexler attends the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in rome, italy .
rupert everett and tanya wexler attend the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october 28, 2011 in rome, italy .
asti hustvedt, medical muses: hysteria in nineteenth - century paris, 1st ed. (new york: w. w. norton & co. , 2011) .
hysteria never gets too preachy or ponderous, and there' s something in the film to educate even the most learned viewer .
things unspeakable: theatre after 1945. an international, interdisciplinary conference on theatre and human rights. 7 - 9 october 2011
an estimated 9 million syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in march 2011. that number is still rising .
though it seems absurdly comical, hysteria' s characterisation of hysteria and vibration therapy is reasonably accurate. and yet, like a doctor with repetitive strain injury in his wrist, the film doesn' t quite satisfy .
students from the department of theatre, film and television are gearing up for a brand new annual film festival to celebrate and champion their work .
room for debate: barack obama and the psychology of the birther myth discussion of the “birther” myth, recognizing echoes of mccarthyism (2011) .
the betwitching power of lies another review of the film version (1996) .
bfi flare: lgbtq + film festival 2018 -
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a masterclass with david g. croft from the national film and television school .
bogousslavsky j. sigmund freud' s evolution from neurology to psychiatry: evidence from his la salpêtrière library. neurology. 2011; 77: 1391 - 1394 .
“we are thrilled to honor hysteria, its cast, director and producers with our highest accolade celebrating independent film and look forward to supporting their efforts as they bring the film to audiences around the world, ” said robin bronk, ceo of the creative coalition .
as a sex - education comedy ,
hysteria
is flaccid, forced and unfunny .
director tanya wexler attends the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on october ...
the olivier award - winning actor oliver ford davies is a professional associate of the department of theatre, film and television at the university of york and gave the 2011 cantor modern art lecture at the university on did gertrude know? some problems in performing shakespeare .
première film screening of the department of theatre, film and television' s first staff - directed stage production: thomas middleton' s' a mad world, my masters' .
rupert everett and tanya wexler attend the' hysteria' cocktail at minerva hotel on ...
radford b. strange history: mass hysteria through the years. urltoken accessed february 6, 2012 .
the next university - wide postgraduate open day will take place on wednesday 7 december 2011. booking is essential. the will be opportunities to tour the department and meet with members of staff .
eight extraordinary films made by our ftp students showcased at the aesthetica short film festival on big screen .
pip piper and neil hillman will be discussing the production of their latest film, last shop standing .
rajinikanth' s daughter aishwarya is director and hassan' s daughter shruti is acting in the film .
it' s the writing that sinks hysteria, and there' s no machine that can alleviate that .
wessely s. mass hysteria: two syndromes? psychol med. 1987; 17: 109 - 120 .
in both 19th century set movies involving 1800s medicine in england that actor jonathan pryce has starred in, the doctor and the devils (1985) and hysteria (2011), pryce plays a character who is first - named' robert' in both, portraying robert fallon and dr. robert dalrymple respectively .
the demons of salem, with us still article on the journey from play to film (1996) .
hysteria has an amusing subject but its winking, vaguely sarcastic tone doesn' t do the movie any favors .
the problem with
hysteria
is that it keeps patting itself and us on the back for knowing better .
rupert everett, left, hugh dancy and maggie gyllenhaal in “hysteria, ” about the development of the vibrator .
the king' s speech starring colin firth is showing at city screen from 7 january 2011. on thursday 27 january after the 20: 20 showing of the film there will be a discussion on actors playing real people. * * * nb note change of date from the 20th to the 27th! * * *
hysteria isn' t hysterical, but it' s a light - hearted romp that will create its own buzz .
york’s own alumnus gives a unique insight into both journalism’s place in cinema and women’s place in the film industry .
the song has been composed for an upcoming tamil film called 3, directed by dhanush' s wife aishwarya .
tickle my fancy, sir... sheridan smith and hugh dancy in hysteria. photograph: sony pictures classics / allstar
audrey hepburn' s 1961 film has inspired controversy over its treatment of asians. (paramount pictures / courtesy ever )
toronto – the 36th toronto international film festival announced its award recipients at a reception at the four seasons hotel today .
a tamil film song in broken english has gone viral on the internet and has kicked up a storm in india .
this delightful british comedy about the invention of the first vibrator in the medical treatment of female hysteria in the victorian era is a very funny film that benefits from an elegant dialogue, a sharp cast and a perfect chemistry between dancy and gyllenhaal .
tanya ronder' s olivier nominated adaptation of dbc pierre' s prize - winning novel, vernon god little is a irreverent, dark comedy which premiered at the young vic in 2007 and was revived due to popular demand in 2011 .
boss lp. epidemic hysteria: a review of the published literature. epidemiol rev. 1997; 19: 233 - 243 .
mendelson s. conversion disorder and mass hysteria. huffington post. february 1, 2012. urltoken accessed april 3, 2012 .
if winocour’s film is a conventional costume drama, monod and valtat’s film is explicitly self - referential in its scripting and cinematography. because the film is neither subtitled, nor available (yet) on publicly released dvd, it is not well suited to classroom use. but it will definitely be rewarding to specialists and motivated students who might want to track it down .
prior to our q & a; with director and screenwriter kate shenton, see an exclusive preview of her latest film .
unfortunately, the masterclass with peter dale from the national film and television school had to be rescheduled for the autumn term .
the tucson witch hunt column by charles m. blow on the “full - fledged witch hunt to link the shooter to the right” in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of representative gabrielle giffords, with references to “the crucible” (2011) .
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i’ve always been baffled by genre labels, and after watching hysteria i realize i no longer know the difference between comedy and tragedy. the best tragedies often contain comic elements, and the best comedies almost always have genuinely tragic elements (as hysteria certainly does) .
catonne jp. [ hippocratic concept of hysteria ]. ann med psychol (paris). 1992; 150: 705 - 719 .
the 2011 toronto international film festival has come to a close. we covered the hell out of it and we’ve got loads of interviews still to post. today, tiff announced the winners in three award categories for canadian films and the winners of the cadillac people’s choice awards. nathan morlando’s crime drama edwin boyd (pictured above) won best canadian first feature film, philippe falardeau’s monsieur lazhar picked up the award for best canadian feature film, and ian harnarine’ doubles with slight pepper was awarded best canadian short film. as for the cadillac people’s choice awards, nadine labaki’s where do we go now? won the top prize, jon shenk’s the island president won in the documentary category, and gareth evans’ the raid picked up the award for the cadillac people’s choice midnight madness award .
“hysteria” is rated r (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). it is a sustained sexual joke with many feigned orgasms .
despite its titillating subject matter, hysteria is only mildly stimulating (...) rating: ★★½ (out of four )
now in its fifth year, the luma film festival was created by university of york students to champion the work of budding filmmakers .
evan williams, distinguished reporter and film maker, will be joining us for an informal lecture and question - and - answer session .
but it’s impossible to get mad at wexler’s film. it’s such a simple and good - natured movie that any animosity rolls away and the worst it can do is cause you to roll your eyes. getting angry at hysteria would be like getting angry at a pop tart .
director tanya wexler plays things broadly at times, but
hysteria
has good fun with history while coming off far more wholesome than salacious .
an evening of performances from staff and students of the department of theatre, film and television celebrating the career of playwright, alan ayckbourn .
the film 3 is itself much anticipated as it brings together the daughters of one - time rivals and now friends rajinikanth and kamal hassan .
sigmund freud (1856 - 1939) was one of the first clinicians to use the term
conversion hysteria
and proposed the mechanism of psychological trauma
converting
into a somatic symptom. [ 2 ] freud' s book collection reflects his interest in hysteria. a review of freud' s personal library of 3725 books revealed 125 french medical books published before 1900. of these, the largest number is devoted to hysteria and hypnotism. [ 5 ] freud clearly distinguished between symptoms caused by malingering (conscious) and conversion hysteria (unconscious). [ 6 ] photo courtesy of wikimedia
this one - day conference, organised by the mecetes project with the financial support of hera, the centre for digital heritage and department of theatre film and television, university of york, brings together some of europe’s leading film and television scholars to discuss historical drama in contemporary europe .
kinetz e. is hysteria real? brain images say yes. new york times. september 26, 2006. urltoken accessed april 3, 2012 .
following an exclusive screening of her latest film, director, screenwriter and york alumnus kate shenton gives a q & a; on her career .
with his latest film,' stockholm my love', starring actor, singer and songwriter neneh cherry, acclaimed documentarian mark cousins moves into fiction with an intriguing film, perhaps best described as a city symphony. don 't miss this very special final masterclass in the summer term !
according to one expert, mass hysteria may be divided into 2 types: anxiety symptoms that are usually short - lived (typically 1 day), and motor symptoms that may persist for weeks to months. [ 21 ] mass hysteria appears to result from environmental factors such as social and cultural stressors that create anxiety. [ 7 ] susceptibility to mass hysteria has not been consistently associated with any specific personality or intelligence profile, although female gender is a definite risk factor. one theory suggests that mass hysteria is a
social phenomenon involving otherwise healthy people .
[ 1 ] photo courtesy of thinkstock / getty images
the skyy vodka award for best canadian first feature film the skyy vodka award for best canadian first feature film goes to nathan morlando for edwin boyd. the jury remarked: “the skyy vodka award for best first canadian feature goes to a film that sets a tone, stays with it, and shows you what it is to be a soldier returning from war only to find that the world has no place for you. this is a film that puts a human face on a canadian myth. ” generously supported by skyy vodka, the award carries a cash prize of $ 15, 000 .
however, the true standout of the film isn’t a woman or an electrical device, but a bearded man with glasses. sporting an accent unlike his own you’d be hard - pressed to know it’s him if you hadn’t read the credits, but rupert everett as edmund st. john - smythe delivers the largest amount of entertainment over the film’s duration. to my knowledge this is a completely made - up character, deserving a film of his own .
a presentation and debate on the cultural impact of film and its relevance to our lives. the panel includes sally joynson, ceo screen yorkshire; estelle morris, former secretary of state for education and skills and minister for the arts; and andy harries, ceo left bank pictures and film and tv producer
reading the reviews of many of my colleagues (especially many of my male colleagues), i fear that hysteria is another case of the dread phenomenon: when bad marketing happens to good movies. when i saw hysteria, without any marketing hype, i saw one of the best films of 2012. did you ?
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
giving a career retrospective on his work as well as where he will go from here, cinematographer laurie rose offers a unique perspective into the film industry .
lee yt, tsai sj. the mirror neuron system may play a role in the pathogenesis of mass hysteria. med hypotheses. 2010; 74: 244 - 245 .
tanya wexler’s new film hysteria is a marvel of “loose / tight” properties. on the one hand, it’s tremendously funny. i giggled my way through most of it, periodically erupting into belly laughs. on the other hand, i was always laughing through my tears, perfectly aware of the fact that most of the scenes i was watching couldn’t be more serious. how did wexler manage it? i don’t know, but my first hysteria screening delighted me and i left the theatre eager to see it again .
“tally ho! ” shouts a flushed patient while her doctor applies manual stimulation in “hysteria, ” tanya wexler’s silly, featherweight comedy about the invention of the electric vibrator. another woman spontaneously bursts into the “sempre libera” aria from “la traviata. ” these treatments for “hysteria” take place in a special chair in which small velvet curtains obscure the patient’s genitalia .
the department of theatre, film and television is delighted to welcome the theatre and performance research association (tapra) for the performer training working group' s interim event .
all three canadian awards below were selected by a jury of film professionals. the feature film jury consists of actor liane balaban (one week, up in cottage country); director sturla gunnarsson (force of nature); journalist / producer denis séguin (how to start your own country); and producer gabriella martinelli (capri films). the short film jury members are sundance programmer jon korn; filmmaker and artist srinivas krishna (my name is raj installation); and hot docs programming manager karina rotenstein .
movie review: the crucible (1996) review of the 1996 film version of the play starring daniel day - lewis and winona ryder (1996). includes a clip .
to that point, st. john - smythe is really the only bit of comical relief. there are a few moments where mortimer’s hand needs continued icing due to the overwhelming number of “patients” he must service on a daily basis, but beyond that, hysteria is more of a sweet little film with a sexually charged sales pitch. at only 95 minutes it seems a little long as the vibrator storyline slowly becomes secondary to the film’s actual purpose, but it’s satisfying enough to warrant a weekend video rental or perhaps even a matinee .
georges didi - huberman and j. m. charcot, invention of hysteria: charcot and the photographic iconography of the salpêtrière (cambridge, mass. : mit press, 2003) .
in honoring hysteria, the creative coalition spotlights a movie that is an outstanding example of the art and craft of independent filmmaking, and that highlights a story of social, economic and political shifts in human culture. the film was directed by tanya wexler, produced by judy cairo, tracey becker and sarah curtis, and written by stephen dyer and jonah lisa dyer .
the university of york department of theatre, film & television presents comedy double bill: george dandin by molière and the suitors by jean racine translated by ranjit bolt and richard wilbur .
the department of theatre, film and television would like to invite you to the second performance of steven berkoff' s the trial, created and performed by our third year students .
censorship in the age of anything goes; for artistic freedom, it’s not the worst of times article examining censorship in hollywood from the film code to mccarthy to today (1998) .
rather than censoring the film, organizers should press for the conservatory to use its programming resources to provide a platform for asian americans to comment on it, critique it and satirize it .
a digital exhibition and screening to showcase the research of the enhancing audio description project into how sound design techniques can be used to rethink accessibility to film and television for visually impaired audiences .
award for best canadian short film the award for best canadian short film goes to ian harnarine for doubles with slight pepper. the jury remarked: “through the humble but moving story of a family in crisis, this film expresses truths that resonate in canada and around the world. it is the debut of an exciting new voice from whom we hope to see a great deal more. ” the award offers a $ 10, 000 cash prize. honourable mentions go to mathieu tremblay ’s of events (d’aléas) and ryan flowers and lisa pham ’s no words came down .
so here is the set - up: an idealistic innocent is at the crossroads, and sooner or later, he will have to choose. but don’t be fooled by the gift - wrapped ending. women’s suffrage? settlement houses? these elements aren’t “fluff, ” they’re essential to the success of hysteria. tanya wexler trusts us to both enjoy her film and understand its depth of content .
georges didi - huberman’s the invention of hysteria is another possible pairing. [ 8 ] while drawing extensively on the iconographie and charcot’s writings, didi - huberman’s text is less narrative than hustvedt’s and more interested in understanding the various technologies, at once psychic and material, that “produced” hysteria at the salpétrière. as an art critic and historian, didi - huberman focuses his attention on the role of photography in charcot’s project. this question of visual technology and indeed the protocinematic character of the salpêtrière’s iconography is, however, largely absent from winocour’s film. while it explicitly cites many of the famous images of augustine, photography is marginal to the film’s story. (indeed, it mistakenly suggests that photographs were taken during charcot’s lectures, when they were in fact produced in a studio. )
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the department of theatre, film and television would like to invite you to the second performance of steven berkoff' s (after kafka) metamorphosis, created and performed by our third year students .
the department of theatre, film and television would like to invite you to the first performance of steven berkoff' s (after kafka) metamorphosis, created and performed by our third year students .
tanya wexler’s hysteria is a silly little historical comedy and there’s nothing wrong with that. the film is about the creation of the vibrator or as the opening title card tells us “the following is based on true events. really. ” going into hysteria, i was initially worried that there might be an unsettling subtext implying the only way women can get over their problems is through sexual relief and they owe it all to ingenious men. thankfully, that turned out not to be the case, although there’s not much case at all other than to make the audience chuckle at citizens in victorian england having orgasms and misunderstanding sex. hysteria goes a little overboard at times with its self - aware pronouncements and unrealistic characters, but it is inarguably the best movie you’ll see all year featuring jonathan pryce fingerblasting an old lady .
chen cs, yen cf, lin hf, yang p. mass hysteria and perceptions of the supernatural among adolescent girl students in taiwan. j nerv ment dis. 2003; 191: 122 - 123 .
stone j, hewett r, carson a, warlow c, sharpe m. the' disappearance' of hysteria: historical mystery or illusion? jr soc med. 2008; 101: 12 - 18 .
clive owen, tom felton, george mackay, and devon terrell have joined the cast of daisy ridley ’s romantic tragedy “ ophelia. ” producer and covert media ceo paul hanson made the announcement tuesday. the film begins principle photography later this month on location in prague with claire mccarthy directing. “ ophelia ” is based on the novel by lisa klein and adapted for the screen by semi chellas (“ mad men, ” “ the eleventh hour ”). covert media is financing the feature and producing with daniel bobker and ehren kruger (“ the brothers grimm ”) and sarah curtis (“ hysteria ”). executive producers include covert’s elissa friedman and media content capital’s sasha shapiro and anton lessine (“ fading gigolo ”). covert is handling international rights to the film, which will be sold at the cannes film festival. caa, which packaged and arranged the financing, represents the film’s u. s. rights. related ‘ star wars: the last jedi ’ poster with daisy ridley ,
' hysteria' won' t rock your world, but it' s a perfectly good stand - in until something better comes along (...) rating: ★★★ (out of five )
gilson f. [ hysteria according to charcot. the rise and disappearance of the' nervous disorder of the century'; a medical historical study ]. tijdschr psychiatr. 2010; 52: 813 - 823 .
the city of toronto award for best canadian feature film goes to philippe falardeau for monsieur lazhar. the jury remarked: “very rarely does a film come along that does everything perfectly. at the end of this movie, my jury members looked at each other, with tears in our eyes. we came to a unanimous decision: the city of toronto award for best canadian feature goes to a film that explores loss, exile, and the truths we tell our children: philippe falardeau’s monsieur lazhar. ” generously sponsored by the city of toronto, the award carries a cash prize of $ 30, 000 .
wednesday 2 february, at 5. 30 p. m. , in the the theatre: tftv welcomes rosemary squire (co - founder of the ambassador theatre group, and recently voted no 1 in' the stage' top 100 list for 2011) to discuss her career and the work of the ambassador theatre group, the uk' s largest theatre owners and producers. all are welcome .
for a recent effort to address these questions with respect to charcot, freud, and a number of their contemporaries, see: m. brady brower, “science, seduction, and the lure of reality in third republic france, ” history of the present 1, no. 2 (2011). jan goldstein’s presentation of the earlier case of nanette leroux through a simultaneously foucauldian and freudian lens is similarly provocative. jan goldstein, alexandre - jacques - francois bertrand, and charles - humbert - antoine despine, hysteria complicated by ecstasy: the case of nanette leroux (princeton: princeton university press, 2010) .
city room: a new look at an old quarrel over “waterfront” post investigating the question of whether elia kazan and budd schulberg made the classic 1954 film “on the waterfront” to justify their naming former communist associates .
the department of theatre, film and television would like to invite you to performances of steven berkoff' s (after kafka) the trial and metamorphosis. these are created and performed by our third year students .
many conditions – mass hysteria included – manifest within specific cultures and / or geographic regions. the neurobiological pathophysiology of mass hysteria is unknown, but the recently described mirror neuron system has been proposed as a possible contributing factor, in which neurons associated with a particular action or behavior fire when someone witnesses that action or behavior. [ 8 ] mass hysteria – which typically occurs in relatively closed communities [ 9, 11 ] – may be an extreme example of emotional contagion, the phenomenon whereby people tend to share the emotions of those around them. [ 8 ] seventy such outbreaks were identified worldwide between 1973 and 1993 alone. [ 1 ] photo courtesy of thinkstock / getty images
the department of theatre, film and television is currently welcoming proposals from postgraduate students for our annual postgraduate symposium. this symposium aims to explore reality, imagination, metafiction, and hyperreality in the creative and visual arts .
hustvedt’s chapter on augustine provides an extended discussion of one of the factual details that is notably absent from winocour’s film: the sexual assaults she suffered at the hands of an employer with whom she was placed by her mother at age thirteen. the details of her rape feature in the iconographie and are summarized by hustvedt as an implicit, if not explicit, traumatic cause of the attacks that she soon after began to suffer. [ 7 ] in winocour’s film, by contrast, the proximate cause or trigger for augustine’s episodes feature in the opening scene: the sight of crabs, trapped in a pot of boiling water, struggling for their lives. (the animal motif persists throughout the film, with the monkey’s presence and charcot’s reference in his final lecture to the difficulty of performing experiments on “animals. ” in her interview, winocour repeatedly describes charcot’s patients as having been treated like “guinea pigs. ”) the film does not, however, treat this history of sexual abuse and it has augustine enter the salpêtrière at age nineteen, while, in fact, she was fourteen when she began her stay. these changes and omissions obviously complicate the film’s narrative. they make the already troubling character of charcot and augustine’s erotic relationship even more disturbing. they unsettle the film’s account of how augustine achieves (sexual) liberation .
hysteria gets an additional jolt at this time with the introduction of dalrymple’s daughters — the well - spoken daddy’s girl emily (felicity jones) and the roguish go - getter charlotte (maggie gyllenhaal). as more and more women begin lining up for “treatment” of this so - called hysteria at the hands of mortimer granville, dalrymple is oblivious to the real reason his practice is so busy while at the same time trying to ensure a match between emily and mortimer .
a different kind of crucible that takes the politics of the play seriously and applies brechtian approaches to expose the mechanisms driving the hysteria. audiences can expect a different kind of crucible from the more naturalistic productions that usually grace the british stage .
this is where all the light comedy comes into play and the film handles it perfectly well. the plot is theme park history and shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but it’s impressive how much comedy a film can get out of having a proto - vibrator provide orgasms to women of the victorian age. there’s also a childish innocence to having sex so far removed from science that neither party feels any awkwardness from what today would be perceived as a bizarre practice .
7 - 9 october 2011 this three - day conference gathers artistic practitioners and academic researchers engaged in reflection upon these questions and in the creation of new approaches to theatre, performance and human rights. the conference features presentations on theatre and torture; theatre and censorship; discourses of the unspeakable; theatres of the body and silence; theatre, law and the unspeakable; theatres of witness, war and genocide; contemporary political theatre; theatre after 9 / 11 .
this masterclass is primarily aimed at those interested in forging a career in vfx, but as jonathan rawlinson has a very long and distinguished history in film project development and production, anyone with an interest in working with story should consider attending .
the department of theatre, film and television would like to invite you and your guests to a graduation drinks and canapé reception on friday 20th january 2017 at 11. 30am in the tftv department, after your degree ceremony has taken place .
episodes of mass hysteria often begin with one affected individual whose symptoms spread to others. lori brownell, from saratoga county, new york, was the first girl to demonstrate the tic - like symptoms in the le roy outbreak. an
index case ,
like lori, has been observed in more than half of reported cases of mass hysteria. [ 1 ] another example of apparent contagion of hysteria occurred in taiwan, where a reportedly popular student in the school developed difficulty breathing, swallowing, dizziness, fainting, and verbal outbursts, after which some of her teenage classmates reported similar symptoms. [ 17 ] neuropsychological testing revealed that interpersonal conflict, attribution to
evil forces ,
and neurotic traits were more common in those affected. [ 17 ]
after all, the film is being screened as part of a series called movies with a view. what would be more appropriate than using the opportunity to add more views to the discussion - combating image with image, and performance with performance ?
it was this baggage that jung carried with him to his first meeting with freud. the film shows jung arriving in vienna on march 3, 1906, but as jung scholar jay sherry has pointed out, this meeting actually took place in 1907. the film, again in indirect psychoanalytic fashion, hints at jung’s own struggles with sexuality when it shows him at a dinner with an observant freud and a tableful of astonished dinner guests, heaping his plate with mounds of food and vigorously gulping it all down. the film seems to suggest that jung’s insistence to freud that psychoanalysis be a means of questing at mystical and eternal verities behind and beyond sexuality constituted unconscious denial of his own current and ongoing sexual needs, indulgences, and conflicts. the film even provides in this respect a diaboli ex machina in the figure of otto gross, a brilliant but unstable psychoanalyst freud had sent to jung for treatment who appalls but also tempts jung with his celebration of drug addiction and unrepressed sexuality .
all the while, set in london in the 1880s, an era of sexual repression with women’s rights at a minimum, the story begins to shift from being about mortimer and his subsequent afterthought of an invention and all the things charlotte stands for. this isn’t a problem, per se, but it turns the vibrator angle into a metaphorical gimmick within the film. fortunately, hysteria isn’t trying to be anything more than a passing and simple story so you forgive the fact it’s a glass half - empty .
when my parents came to the united states, one of the first things they did to commemorate their arrival in the glamorous city of new york was to go see a film that, in their minds, epitomized that glamour -
breakfast at tiffany' s ,
starring the lovely audrey hepburn at the peak of her popularity. even in asia, hepburn was an icon, and seeing her latest film in an american theater signified that they' d arrived in the land of their dreams .
from 20 june to 22 june 2013 john marston’s the dutch courtesan will be staged at the department of theatre, film and television at the university of york. this is the latest in a continuing series of productions of plays from the early modern repertoire .
the economic resources consumed by episodes of mass hysteria may be considerable. for example, the new york state department of health conducted an investigation into the le roy incident while the school commissioned a separate report to rule out environmental toxins. some parents have been reluctant to accept the diagnosis, insisting on additional investigations. in 1998, an episode of mass hysteria in a tennessee high school affected 186 students, teachers, and others and cost almost $ 100, 000 in emergency care alone. [ 16 ] photo courtesy of thinkstock / getty images
i wish you could see hysteria the way i did! as usual, i went in knowing nothing beyond some vague notion that the film i was about to see had something to do with the invention of the vibrator—certainly an intriguing concept—but that was it. i had no idea who the characters in the films would be or how their personal relationships would evolve. in particular, i was not expecting a “romcom” (a romantic comedy), therefore i was in genuine suspense about who would end up with whom until the very end .
throughout this film, i couldn' t help but think that hugh dancy reminded me of a cross between a younger hugh jackman and jake gyllenhaal (which got a bit weird when he was kissing maggie). he is a very attractive specimen of the human race !
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in victorian london, dr. mortimer granville, a young doctor struggles to establish himself. he is hired by dr. robert dalrymple who is renowned for treating women diagnosed with female hysteria using' pelvic massage'. hysteria was originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus. by the 19th century, hysteria came to be defined as a more generalized sexual dysfunction. mortimer devises various different methods of pelvic massage, undertaking various experiments in his quest. dr. granville sets about becoming an expert in the problem, seeking devices to remedy the problem. however, he develops carpal tunnel due to all the manual labor required in stimulation. his invention is the vibrator. dr. dalrymple' s two daughters develop an interest in the young dr. granville, each attempting to woo him .
americano, always brando, the awakening, beauty, beloved, the day, elena, elles, free men, generation p, god bless america, goon, the hunter, hysteria, in my mother’s arms, the incident, into the abyss, killer joe, the lady, last days in jerusalem, life without principle, michael, the oranges, the raid, salmon fishing in the yemen, sarah palin –you betcha! , shame, terraferma, this is not a film, trishna, wuthering heights, your sister’s sister, and you’re next .
charlotte is not the only 21st - century phenomenon in the film. the vibrator may be a useful invention, but the central conceit here, that an electrical gadget is a miraculous substitute for intimacy, is as ludicrous as the notion that cybersex is better than the real thing .
charcot, his assistants, and patients themselves regularly used mechanical ovarian compressors to stop and prevent attacks. the device and other technical details feature in alice winocour’s dramatic recreation of augustine’s life at the salpêtrière. in this rendering, charcot sadistically– and unsuccessfully– applies it in order to cure her of her paralysis. at various moments in the film, charcot traces hysterogenic zones on augustine’s naked body, prods her with prongs, pierces her arm with a long needle in order to test the extent of her anesthesia (she lost all sense on the right side of her body). a scene that appears to recreate brouillet’s painting features augustine (played by the pop star soko) in a white bodice appearing before an audience of men. charcot (played by vincent lindon) presents her as suffering from “ovarian hysteria. ” when she is hypnotized before the assembled onlookers, augustine’s feathered hat quivers (another detail drawn from the records of charcot’s performances). the attack then worsens and she falls to the floor in an orgasmic delirium. charcot may have denied the uterine origins of hysteria, but the film intimates here and throughout that there is something unmistakably sexual going on .
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charlotte also feels like over - compensation for the possible criticism that the storyline is too male - oriented and only uses women as objects for gentle sex comedy. it’s a reasonable defense, but charlotte is so overdone that it feels like she’s about one step away from burning her undergarments in protest. her modern attitude diminishes the credibility of her character and the world in which she lives. while i don’t think anyone will take hysteria as a meticulously - detailed representation of 1880s england, there’s a limit to how much a film can appeal to its audience’s modern - day sensibilities before that trick is worn out .
he created an invention that turned on half the world. good movie !
hysteria
is an exuberantly charming romantic comedy, yes, but it' s also a surprisingly compelling depiction of a world in transition, when tradition was being challenged by progressive behaviors and technologies. whether the story is really entirely true or not as it claims or is just a tale of manners, sex and modern sensibilities i don' t know. but it is attractive, light and jolly good fun. everything about hysteria from casting to the acting, the costumes, the scenery... you name it, all was top notch. in victorian london, dr. mortimer granville, a young doctor struggles to establish himself. he is hired by a doctor to investigate treatments for women diagnosed with female hysteria using' pelvic massage'. the doctor' s two daughters develop an interest in the young dr. granville, each tempting to woo him .
in victorian london, dr. mortimer granville, a young doctor struggles to establish himself. he is hired by a doctor to investigate treatments for women diagnosed with female hysteria using' pelvic massage'. the doctor' s two daughters develop an interest in the young dr. granville, each tempting to woo him .
of the performances, i was impressed with gyllenhaal among the film’s primary leads. she sports a rather solid british accent, at least as far as my untrained american ears were concerned, and she brings a truly womanly demeanor to charlotte. she’s strong, yet feminine, rather than a meekish little girl, which was important for a character in her position. after all, while the film may be treading on the idea it’s about the birth of the electronic vibrator it’s actually about sexual independence and while the majority of the characters are yet to learn this, charlotte is a character comfortable in leading the way .
hysteria is a romantic comedy with an accomplished cast led by maggie gyllenhaal, hugh dancy, jonathan pryce, felicity jones and rupert everett, that tells an untold tale of discovery - the surprising story of the birth of the electro - mechanical vibrator at the very peak of victorian prudishness. - - (c) sony classics
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episodes of mass hysteria almost always include only females or a mix of females and males, usually with female predominance. [ 1 ] male - only cases are extremely rare. however, one such episode was reported in a san diego military barracks. [ 13 ] this was also one of the largest cases of mass hysteria ever documented, with approximately 1000 military recruits complaining of cough or other symptoms and 375 evacuated by ambulance. a few even received cpr for presumed heart attacks or respiratory arrest. those who witnessed the cpr efforts had the highest risk of developing symptoms themselves. nearly all recovered spontaneously within 24 hours and no environmental toxin was identified. photo courtesy of wikimedia
when you hear the premise of a film like this, you can' t help but think of how amazing it could be. then you watch it and it' s all just a bit ehh. i' m tempted to describe it as a harmless bit of fun but it' s more just harmless full stop .
jean - martin charcot’s spectacular studies of hysteria drew crowds to his tuesday lectures in turn of the century paris and they remain an enduring subject of fascination today. vision and visuality were central to how charcot made sense of the disease and how he made a name for himself. the photographs taken of his star patients published in the iconographie photographique de la salpêtrière in the 1870s, including those of alice winocour’s eponymous film augustine, are at once disturbing and beautiful. andré brouillet’s 1887 “ a lesson at the salpêtrière, ” featuring the “queen of the hysterics” maria “blanche” wittman captures the gendered dynamics of the institution’s scopophilic regime. a copy of it famously hung in sigmund freud’s office .
this film is absolutely a gem of comedy, so enjoyable and right on the money. i never knew the origin of the portable massager, now i know, and that' s a plus after fully enjoyed this wonderful british film. great screenplay, great directing and of course, with nice casting job, making this comedy an undisputable winner. this is a model comedy that hollywood should learn how to make comedies being able to be titled in the genre of real comedies instead of turning out just farces. to me, about 98% of the so - called' comedies' are actually nothing but. comedy does not mean casting some jerk - like clowns with exaggerated facial expressions or pretentious unnatural way of talking, some moronic gestures with lot of abnormally crazy dialog, ridiculous scenario, impossible twists of plots... . so and so, then you call it a' comedy'. absolutely not. this film is the real deal that we can officially title it as a comedy and, a great one ,
in 1653 pieter van foreest, called alemarianus petrus forestus, published a medical compendium titled observationem et curationem medicinalium ac chirurgicarum opera omnia, with a chapter on the diseases of women. for the affliction commonly called hysteria (literally ,
womb disease
) and known in his volume as praefocatio matricis or
suffocation of the mother ,
the physician advised as follows :
science and religion pervade the 1973 horror the exorcist (1973) and the film exists, as the movie’s tagline suggests, ‘somewhere between science and superstition’. using recently released archival materials, amy c. chambers will show the depth of research conducted by writer / director william friedkin in his commitment to presenting and exploring emerging scientific procedures and accurate catholic ritual .
the film is based on fact. (
really ,
an opening title assures us .) the performances are spot on, and i especially like the spunky gyllenhaal, who with this film and the underrated
secretary
( 2002), has built up a nice sideline in sexual exploration. the subject of vibrators has been under discussion after the publication of the technology of orgasm by rachel maines, and it was wexler' s inspiration to see that the invention was all the more remarkable since it developed at a time when it treated a condition that officially didn' t exist. that was in contrast with many then - contemporary medical treatments, which didn' t treat conditions that officially did exist.
hysteria is a 2011 british period romantic comedy film directed by tanya wexler . it stars hugh dancy and maggie gyllenhaal , with felicity jones , jonathan pryce , and rupert everett appearing in key supporting roles . the film , set in the victorian era , shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator . the film 's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria . 
hysteria is a 2011 british period romantic comedy film directed by tanya wexler. it stars hugh dancy and maggie gyllenhaal, with felicity jones, jonathan pryce, and rupert everett appearing in key supporting roles. the film, set in the victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator. the film's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria.
hysteria is a 2011 british period romantic comedy film directed by tanya wexler. it stars hugh dancy and maggie gyllenhaal, with felicity jones, jonathan pryce, and rupert everett appearing in key supporting roles. the film, set in the victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator. the film's title refers to the once-common medical diagnosis of female hysteria.