You're Gonna Miss Me (2005), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Burden of Dreams (1982), Shine (1996), If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001), Berlin Calling (2008), Chaotic Ana (2007), The Great Gabbo (1929) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Art And Madness movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Keven McAlester explores the life of legendary vocalist and songwriter Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson, who, during the '60s, fronted the influential rock 'n' roll band 13th Floor Elevators. Following extensive psychedelic drug use and a stint in a mental hospital, Roky spent the greater part of the last four decades suffering from schizophrenia. McAlester finds Roky living with his brother, who has aided in his recovery and encouraged his return to music.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, mental illness, family conflict, creativity, schizophrenia, music history, psychedelic rock ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A young woman, Karin, has recently returned to the family island after spending some time in a mental hospital. On the island with her is her lonely brother and kind, but increasingly desperate husband ('Max von Sydow'). They are joined by Karin's father ('Gunnar Björnstrand'), who is a world-traveling author that is estranged to his children. The film depicts how Karin's grip on reality slowly slips away and how the bonds between the family members are changing in light of this fact.
Plot Keywords: psychological drama, family relationships, mental illness, crisis of faith, isolation, father-daughter relationship, existentialism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo (1982), showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.—Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: documentary, film production, behind the scenes, director's perspective, cultural clash, adventure, obsession ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As a child piano prodigy, David Helfgott's musical ambitions generate friction with his overbearing father, Peter. When Helfgott travels to London on a musical scholarship, his career as a pianist blossoms. However, the pressures of his newfound fame, coupled with the echoes of his tumultuous childhood, conspire to bring Helfgott's latent schizophrenia boiling to the surface, and he spends years in and out of various mental institutions.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, pianist, australian film, psychological trauma, genius ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Music videos and archived footage supplement recent interviews in this documentary of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes. Shane's family, friends, and former bandmates comment on the music, the rumors, and the alcohol.—sienel
Plot Keywords: music documentary, biography, musician's life, creative process, music history, independent film, rock music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Plot Keywords: electronic music, berlin, dj culture, drug abuse, mental breakdown, recovery, music production ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The spirits of several women, all murdered at age 22, reside in Ana's mind.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, surrealism, female coming-of-age, sexual awakening, schizophrenia, female director, spanish cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, psychological conflict, 1920s, golden age of hollywood, expressionism, stage performance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Plot Keywords: musical, independent film, female lead, rock music, psychological drama, 1990s, self-destruction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, romance, classic, black and white, british film, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hannah, a shy songwriter, discovers that her friend, respected record producer Theo Ross, has lapsed on his medication for schizophrenia. Hannah rallies a group of friends to help commit Theo to a psychiatric facility, chasing him as he outruns his colorful delusions through the glamour and grit of Los Angeles. From the highs of rock 'n' roll to rock bottom, it's a story of the unsung heroes behind the hits.—Lost Transmissions, LLC
Plot Keywords: music, mental illness, friendship, los angeles, independent film, psychological drama, creative process ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An Italian painter (Franco Nero) has bizarre dreams, rents a haunted country house with his lover (Vanessa Redgrave) and goes mad.
Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, supernatural, mystery, art film, italian cinema, 1970s ...
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