Last Tuesday we watched Joel Schumacher's 1993 urban anger-thriller Falling Down as part of our DVD Club.
Michael Douglas' stupendous turn as an unlikely urban warrior heads up our rack of troubled souls who need a lot more than a hug...
D-Fens (Michael Douglas, Falling Down, 1993)
The character: A mentally-crumbling, ex-National Security contract worker obsessed with violence, now also a reclusive divorcee living with his mum. A walking, talking time-bomb, that is.
The issue: He’s paranoid, and blames the rest of the human race - an open sewer, to him - for life kicking him repeatedly in the balls.
It’s Travis Bickle Syndrome, essentially, exacerbated by major guilt and frustration over his estrangement from young daughter Adele.
The treatment: Fairly prosaic, at this stage. He needs his sense of self-worth back and sharpish.
So, some kind of restart course might help. Couple that with a creative outlet for his angst - flower arranging? pottery? used telephone kiosk demolition? - and he’ll be enjoying visiting rights in no time.
Next: Frank Booth...
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pimpernel
Jun 16th 2009, 18:13
awwwww. WALL-E!!! sorry. Slightly sidetracked by memories of that adorable film...now for the rest of the article.
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lfrost
Jun 16th 2009, 22:17
How about Patrick Bateman, The Joker, Anton Chigur, Daniel Plainview, and Norman Bates - do they need therapy or what?
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RastaFresh
Jun 16th 2009, 22:29
What about John Litgow in "Raising Caine"? He needs a multiple therapy :)
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imaginarium
Jun 16th 2009, 23:49
The Joker and Patrick Bateman were my first thoughts too!
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Apathygrrl
Jul 24th 2009, 22:16
Along with those already mentioned I would add Leonard Shelby from Memento. He needs to go back to whatever institute he was in before the movie began. Whether he escaped or was released it doesn't matter, send him back.
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