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An insider’s view of Alzheimer: cinematic portrayals of the struggle for personhood
This article looks at three recent films in which a person with dementia is the principal character. These films have been chosen according to the following criteria: representing different stages of dementia (early, moderate and advanced); films where the demented is the protagonist; and films challenging the biomedical view of dementia. Two of the characte
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life13y ago“Equally mixed”: artistic representations of old love
Michael Haneke’s (2012) film Amour is used as a point of departure for discussing a spectrum of artistic representations of ‘‘old love,’’ a phenomenon that is still little understood. While most critics have focused on euthanasia when referring to the film’s dramatic climax, its late-life perspective of love has been marginalized. Analyzing Amour, as well as
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life10y ago