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Committed (1991)
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CastJennifer O'Neill, Robert Forster, William Windom, Ron Palillo, Sydney Lassick
Year released1991
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Does this film depict Capgras’ syndrome or other misidentification syndrome? Does the screenwriter understand the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist?
Title: "... what reality is to one, may seem complete madness to someone else -- Yefim Novikov" (0:00)
Nurse Susan Manning tells psychiatrist Paul Swanson, "... I cancelled all the patients..."
Paul, referring to Dr. Magnus Quilly: ”... His work with schizophrenics is revolutionary.”
Susan: ”Maybe you should see a psychiatrist.”
The sound of a gunshot suggests Paul has killed himself. (0:01)
Sign: "... PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH" (0:07)
Susan asks hospital security head Jones, "So, how many patients do you have here?"
Jones: ”No patients here.” (0:09)
Administrative assistant Miss Donnymead tells Susan, referring to Quilly, "... He claims to have an intuition about phone voices." (0:10)
Susan asks Donnymead, referring to Dr. Desmond Moore, "... is he a patient?..." (0:13)
Quilly: "... Miss Donnymead, would you be kind?"
”Again, Miss Manning, my condolences on your loss.”
”... it’s almost an obscenity for a psychiatrist to commit suicide.”
”Can you imagine the effect of a suicide on a doctor’s patients?”
”... attitudes you have as to the treatment of the insane.”
”... they have fantasies that are not accepted in the... sane world, but here... we allow them to act out their fantasies as if they were totally sane.”
”... if they get to exercise these fantasies... there are no sudden therapies for the mad, so here at the Institute, no one is mad.”
”... You have just committed yourself.”
Susan: ”... Did you say committed?” (0:14)
Susan appears to fall unconscious. (0:19)
Susan regains consciousness. (0:20)
Dr. Desmond Moore tells Susan, "I think you’ve been dreaming."
Susan: ”No, I wasn’t dreaming...”
Moore: ”... they sometimes punish themselves in their dreams.”
Susan: ”It wasn’t a dream.” (0:22)
Quilly tells Susan, "Once committed, I cannot release you until..."
Moore: ”Why did you commit yourself?”
”Are you in the habit of signing blank forms?”
Susan: ”... I’m not in the habit of signing blank forms...” (0:25)
Dr. Preisser: "... The clothes represent a deep hatred of self."
Susan: ”This is insanity.”
Quilly: ”Dr. Moore, do you think... and the suicide of nurse Mannings friend had any connection?” (0:33)
Susan tells “guest” David, "... I was upset and selfish."
David: ”... You are very kind... Please don’t beat me.”
Gow punches David in the face. (0:35)
Susan asks Moore, "... Whatever possessed you to commit me?"
Moore: ”Therapy, and you committed yourself.”
Susan: ”You still don’t believe I’m sane...”
”Dr. Moore, I am not insane...” (0:36)
Preisser tells Susan, referring to another guest, "... Isandra’s fantasies are quite public here." (0:43)
Susan tells Moore, "... the Institute is far sicker than the patients."
Moore, referring to Paul: ”... you say he was a psychotherapist.”
”And you believe he killed himself?”
Susan: ”No. I thought... you were a doctor with some integrity.” (0:44)
Quilly tells Susan, "Psychotics are totally immersed in themselves or whoever they think they are."
Susan tells the others, ”... you’ve proven how strong and brave you are.” (0:47)
Ronnie tells Susan, "I get distracted." (0:51)
The telephone operator tells Susan, "... only Dr. Quilly can place calls for his patients."
Susan: ”Well I’m not a patient.”
Operator: ”You know you’re a patient...”
”... You are a patient...” (0:52)
Susan tells Ronnnie, "These are patients’ files..."
”Paranoid schizophrenic” (0:53)
Susan find Isandra dead, hanging by her neck. Suicide? (0:58)
Pallbearers place Isandra’s body in a hearse. (0:59)
Susan tells a deputy, "... They say I’m a patient..."
Jones tells Susan, ”... I’ve been patient long enough...” (1:00)
Quilly: "... my ego is slightly dented..."
Moore: ”... We have patients here.” (1:02)
Quilly: "... Desmond, suicide was Isandra’s final fantasy... the only mental hospital in the world... Adler failed. Jung failed. Freud failed... the ultimate therapy..." (1:04)
Moore: "Susan, there are times when I am absolutely convinced you are sane... that fantasy about David’s disappearance..." (1:06)
David tells Susan, "... You remind me of someone who was very kind to me." (1:09)
Luther tells Susan, "This is nurse Parker’s grave... She was so kind..."
”... The present Quilly is a patient...”
Susan, referring to Isandra: ”... Dr. Preisser said it was just her fantasy.”
Luther: ”Oh, Preisser’s a patient, too. We’re all patients here... Only the dead are sane...” (1:14)
Quilly tells Susan, "Intense shock therapy is the last resort..."
Susan: ”... Turning a hospital... into a parody of therapy?...”
”... Paranoid schizophrenic kills nurses... You’re nothing but a patient.” (1:17)
Susan faints. (1:21)
Susan regains consciousness.
Moore tells Susan, referring to Paul, ”... You were his patient... he felt that another doctor should take over your treatment...” (1:21)
Susan tells Moore, referring to a toy, "... It belonged to a patient... Paranoid schizophrenic..."
Susan strikes Moore on the head with a bottle, (1:24)