Movies: R.D. Laing

  • 1972
    Asylum

    Asylum (1972)

    Asylum

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    A documentary crew lives with the schizophrenic residents of a group home based upon radical psychiatrist R. D. Laing's controversial approach to healing through compassion and freedom....

    Asylum
  • 1975
    Knots

    Knots (1975)

    Knots

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    A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised by Edward Petherbridge...

    Knots
  • 2012
    All Divided Selves

    All Divided Selves (2012)

    All Divided Selves

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    Collage film about R.D. Laing, who spearheaded the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s, weaves archival material with his own filmic observations. For Laing normality meant adjusting ourselves to the mystification of an alienating world....

    All Divided Selves
  • 1969
    Cain's Film

    Cain's Film (1969)

    Cain's Film

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    A film about Alexander Trocchi. Scottish born poet, writer, translator and author of "Young Adam" and "Cain's Book". Part of the film was made at the old Arts Laboratory and includes a discussion with William Burroughs. A portrait of Alexander Trocch...

    Cain's Film
  • 1989
    Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing?

    Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing? (1989)

    Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing?

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    A solo show whose subject - the controversial Scottish psychiatrist Ronald David Laing - has largely faded from public view, starring an actor who doesn't impersonate him. Scottish actor explores Laing's life and work from the perspective of an unnam...

    Did You Used to Be R.D. Laing?
  • 2018
    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy (2018)

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

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    An associative view of the days, nights and characters that enclosed the life of Arthur Janov, which defines in the conclusion "It's never too late to have a happy childhood". Arthur Janov (1924-2017) was a classic instance of being the right charis...

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
  • 1967
    Ah, Sunflower

    Ah, Sunflower (1967)

    Ah, Sunflower

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    Allen Ginsberg in Britain....

    Ah, Sunflower
  • 1967
    New Tempo: Stimulants

    New Tempo: Stimulants (1967)

    New Tempo: Stimulants

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    New Tempo "Stimulants" involves Indian music and Dr. Ronald Laing and concerned repetitious action modified through lenses, filters, change in film speed, etc....

    New Tempo: Stimulants