Crazy, Not Insane

Crazy, Not Insane

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2020-03-18
Duration:117 min
Director:Alex Gibney
Actors:Dorothy Lewis, Laura Dern, Eric Lewis, Gillian Lewis, Richard Burr
Production:Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films

Overview:

Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.

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