Talk:Girl, Interrupted (film)

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Contents 1 Errors 1.1 Another Error 2 Diagnoses 3 Error (sort of...) 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Girl interrupted imp.jpg

[edit] Errors

Susanna is not released "the next day" after Lisa threatens to kill her. I believe it to be sometime afterwards, which is why before leaving, Susanna says to Lisa: "It's been a while". Also, not "all" of Susanna's friends are released by the 1970s, but most.

Also, I find no mention of Boston as a filming location on IMDB, but know firsthand the scenes of Daisy's house and street were shot in Lancaster, Pa- I was there! Hillsboro 12:19, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Hillsboro. I don't think McLean Hospital wanted the publicity and filming didn't happen there. It happened at Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg, PA. [1] Actually, I was told that the first screening of the film, likely private, was in Harrisburg. Bests. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 19:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC) (User talk:Wikiklrsc)

I just wrote the article on Harrisburg State Hospital. See also the information on the Historical Asylums webpage [2]. It says in part:

From press release information about the making of the 1999 Winona Ryder film "Girl Interrupted": "Founded 147 years ago as the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital by Dorothea Dix, a New England schoolteacher-writer-philanthropist who was also largely responsible for the early support of the hospital, its name was changed to the Harrisburg State Hospital in 1921, reflecting then-changing attitudes toward the treatment of the mentally ill. Although it is still a fully-operational mental facility with inpatient and outpatient programs covering a wide variety of illnesses and treatments, there were several buildings on the "campus" which were empty and not being used by the facility_perfect accommodations for the film company's production offices, transportation base camp and screening room (in what use to be the hospital chapel). In the case of Building 22, there was a unique opportunity to create the entire South Bell ward of Claymoore Hospital. Production designer Richard Hoover (a 1999 Tony Award winner for "Not About Nightingales") and his staff of art directors, designers, set dressers and construction crews renovated 75 percent of Building 22. They created an entire ward of bedrooms, nurses' stations, a living room, a television room and several medical rooms out of the architectural shell of the building. Inside, they dressed and decorated the ward with everything circa late 1960s: light fixtures, furniture, even the color of paints used on the walls and ceilings. The production design team also "decorated" many other areas of the State Hospital campus, including offices in the administration building and several hundred yards of the miles of underground tunnels that snake their way underneath the campus. Additionally, the design team landscaped much of the hospital grounds, according to the seasonal changes dictated within the script. "The Harrisburg State Hospital is known as `The City on the Hill,'" says Konrad. "For our time there, we lovingly referred to it as our `backlot on the Hill.' It became a revolving sound stage for us, where we were able to build the sets to our specifications and use them as weather cover when necessary. We had incredible freedom in filming on the grounds. The landscape and brick architecture mirrored the backdrop of the story better than we could have ever imagined. It was a tremendous asset to the making of this film."

--- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 20:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Error

The author, Susanna Kaysen, never had an issue with the film (which would explain the lack of citations). In fact, Susanna agreed to appear in the behind the scenes of the DVD, where she praised the film.

I have also never heard professionals demonise the portrayal of mental illnesses.

The above issues are fallacies and should be edited. I would do it myself but thought against it after what happened the last time I edited an article.

As to your second point, the issues people who know about psychology had with the film were that it is not a particularly accurate portrayal of mental illness. The people in the movie are either harmless and pathetic or violent and scary! As a psych major, I have to say it bothered me, although I enjoyed it. -Elizabennet 23:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, an interview with the author is cited in the article; she appears to have had a big problem with it. -Elizabennet 03:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diagnoses

I think it'd be good to add what each character was diagnosed with into the article (e.g. Lisa=sociopath, etc). Thoughts? -Elizabennet 03:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead.

Or just state that the diagnonsense of each of the five main patients in the film matches that of the book. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 21:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Error (sort of...)

At the end of the film, Susanna states that by the 1970s, most of her friends were released; it is left unclear whether this includes Lisa. According to the book she was indeed released and even had a kid. I think the article should at least mention that this is really only a mystery in the movie - in the book it is quite clear what happened. EconomicsGuy (talk) 16:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Girl interrupted imp.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)