Understanding Aggression
Understanding Aggression is a feature film. directed by Margaret Thomson. At just 23 minutes, it's a tight, focused story.
Synopsis
This eye-opening drama-doc, set in a psychiatric hospital, was used to train student nurses and tells us much about evolving attitudes to mental illness. A progressive training tool in its time, it still feels sincere but also sensible and silly in about equal measure. The clinical need to clarify vies with the cinematic need to dramatise, reaching a feverishly literal extreme in scenes of a paranoid schizophrenic being pursued by a giant eye…
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Production Details
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- EN
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Understanding Aggression about?
This eye-opening drama-doc, set in a psychiatric hospital, was used to train student nurses and tells us much about evolving attitudes to mental illness. A progressive training tool in its time, it...
Who directed Understanding Aggression?
Understanding Aggression was directed by Margaret Thomson.
How long is Understanding Aggression?
Understanding Aggression has a runtime of 0 hours and 23 minutes (23 minutes total).