Mental Asylum as a Social and Political Metaphor in the Cinema from the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain
Mental Asylum as a Social and Political Metaphor in the Cinema from the Two Sides of the Iron Curtain

Summary/Abstract: Applying comparative analysis, the article examines the usage of the mental health institution in two emblematic for American and Bulgarian Cinema films – “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Adaptation”. Despite the fact that the movies were produced in quite different social and cultural contexts, their contents reveal analo-gous critical messages addressed to society during the 1970s: the system tries to domi-nate by making some extraordinary individuals obey the common rules.

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