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An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.
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Dorothy Otnow Lewis
- Self - Clinical Psychiatrist
- (as Dorothy Lewis)
Catherine Yeager
- Self - Clinical Psychologist
- (as Dr. Catherine Yeager)
Park Dietz
- Self - Forensic Psychiatrist
- (as Dr. Park Dietz)
Tom Brokaw
- Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
- (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
- Self - Governor of Arkansas
- (archive footage)
Thomas Coccuzzi
- Self - Defense Attorney for Arthur Shawcross
- (archive footage)
Walt Disney
- Self - Animator
- (archive footage)
- …
William Elledge
- Self - Convicted Murderer
- (archive footage)
Henry Ford
- Self - Industrialist & Antisemite
- (archive footage)
Joseph Paul Franklin
- Self - Convicted Murderer & Neo-Nazi Terrorist
- (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
- Self - Filmmaker
- (voice)
Charles Gibson
- Self - ABC News Anchor
- (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
- Self - Reich Minister of Propaganda, 1933 - 1945
- (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
- Self - President of the Reichstag, 1932 - 1945
- (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
- Self - Führer and Chancellor of Germany
- (archive footage)
Joseph P. Kennedy
- Self - Kennedy Family Patriarch & Antisemite
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaDissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a highly controversial diagnosis, with many arguments against it being anything more than an iatrogenic disorder -- in other words, caused by the therapy/therapist itself. Most notable amongst these arguments is that unlike other psychological disorders, DID is not observed outside of treatment with certain select clinicians, all of whom already believe in DID. What has been observed across all clinicians and researchers, however, are examples of confirmation bias, persuasive interview techniques, demand characteristics, and the oftentimes overwhelming urge to please demonstrated by patients in general. In addition, early North American works (DID is an overwhelmingly American disorder, yet another point of contention for the pro/anti-DID debate) which are seen as having started the DID diagnosis trend have been debunked in recent years as primarily fictitious stories, written to sell books. As controversial as the diagnosis of DID is, many feel that there may be some degree of negligence on the part of the producer(s), the director, and the film company as a whole for not employing a disclaimer as well as affording equal time to opposing expert viewpoints.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 777: Mank + The Queen's Gambit (2020)
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Interesting but biased, academia vs reality
It's easy to start falling down the rabbit hole of whatever your life work is. I think Dorothy bridged some huge gaps in mental health and how that affects some people. Like the film said, killers are made, not born. However, to be in favor of halting death penalty cases so one can be researched (or do the researching) is very wrong. I feel this film focused on the humanity of the killer and ignored the victims. That's fine if you're doing research to understand the mind of a killer, but to want to take on the ethics of capital punishment goes too far. MANY people have really messed up childhoods and anyone reading this has experienced that or knows someone who did. They don't all start killing (and that's addressed in this film). But the death penalty isn't only about ridding humanity of a threat or to even be a deterrent for others. It's about getting justice for the victim(s) and the family(s) of the victim(s). It would be nice if life was free of horrible, terrible things like rape, murder, torture etc. Unfortunately, that's just a part of human nature that will never go away. Doing research and attempting to understand all facets of the human brain is fantastic - the more we know the better. However, the death penalty should be in place in EVERY STATE and used only for the worst of society who's crimes have been proved 100% - there's ZERO chance that a mistake has been made. Society needs that. To know that there is a punishment to fit the crime.
- akurschybee
- Dec 7, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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