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January 23, 2005
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We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Hard to watch at times, but pretty intriguing stuff. | Rating: 3.5/5 [VIDEO ESSAY] Made during an era when mental hospitals dotted America's map like flies on manure, "Titicut Follies" presents an invaluable time capsule. I was also struck by the way Wiseman weaves singing and music throughout the movie: the traditions of the inmates and staff, and the way they beautify an environment which would seem to resist any attempt at beauty. It was shown at the 1967 New York Film Festival, had two limited runs in New York and -- aside from a few screenings before film societies -- has had no other distribution.
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Shocking and full of precious footages, Titicus Follies it's a unique vision of tormented minds. In his first feature film, prolific documentarian Frederick Wiseman provides an unflinching examination of inmate life at the state prison for the criminally insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the mid-1960s. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number.
April 12, 2005
Titicut Follies is one of the most despairing documentaries I have ever seen; more immediate than fiction because these people are real; more savage than satire because it seems to be neutral. Time has not diminished its emotional impact. A sort of harrowing tragicomedy, with images of force-feeding, bullying, strip-searching, and the staff's indifference to inmates, all culminating in an institution-wide talent show called the Titicut Follies. Director Frederick Wiseman refrains from narrating a message to correspond with the images he depicts.
September 7, 2018 December 12, 2017 Wiseman's film is famous for being banned...and you can bet it wasn't the inmates who kicked up the fuss
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness. Bridgewater Film Productions
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The documentary was cited as the "Best Film Dealing with the Human Condition" at the 1967 Festival Dei Popoli (Florence) and also honored as the "Best Film" at the 1967 Mannheim International Filmweek. An impacting film, which it's very important in all the years.
We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Regal March 24, 2016 November 14, 2005 The stage, where odd behavior reigns, blurs the lines of sanity and confers an hour of equality.