AD/HD related themes in movies...

[SB_UK]

Do you think that this speciation event will ever be recognised?

Maybe not during - but afterwards; is it possible that the transition will be so 'smooth' so as to happen without manybody noticing?

I guess - in a far less ominous way - 'Invasion of the Body snatchers'.

Do you think any of this will fall out when we start to get our head around our mind?

SB.

[SB_UK]

Originally Posted by Stabile

It would be a lot more convincing if it was more commonly understood that a person like Ebbers can live and thrive in two worlds so completely isolated and utterly different.

We are in great need of 'enforced moral consistency' - it kinda feels that if we don't - we lose!
Funny to think how none of this is being driven by conscious processes. Though in a way, I guess it is, conscious process at the wheel, wearing a blindfold.

SB.

[SB_UK]

More films with nonlinearity, multiple threads and convergent/divergent storylines...Eternal sunshine of the spotless, Night on Earth and Sliding doors.

SB.

[addluk]

Originally Posted by Stabile

As a social and cultural phenomenon, art exists to extend the common model of reality. On the individual level the artist is driven by a passion to communicate a perception that can’t be easily expressed in ordinary ways; it’s a quest for understanding.

If art exists to extend the common model, do we do dis honor by buying and selling art?

If the common model being extended was love, would we do dis honor by buying and selling the common model?

art->love->common model
bought and sold
en masse

[addluk]

Originally Posted by Stabile

Pleasantville. We just watched this again yesterday, and it gets better every time.

One of my absolute favorite movies.

Right up there with L.A. Story.

[SfumatoPants]

I'd like to suggest a TV show - House

House is based loosely on the character of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is a character that has unusual abilities, distinct character flaws, and uses drugs to control or advance his condition as need be. In film, these aspects of Conan Doyle's writings are often watered down, or ignored, deemed to controversial to handle in the medium of popular entertainment.

Part of the mystery of House is deciphering what condition the character suffers from. Sometimes it's been characterized as Aspergers, ADD, and more often addiction. A strong theme in the show is how far are we willing to accept the flaws of a unique personality in order to benefit from their unique abilities.

[ADDAWAY]

Good one Sfumato Pants! Also see: http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50064

[Rbsann]

The protagonist in hudsucker proxy for certain has adhd.

[junetown]

thumbsucker

is about a kid who finds out he has ADD at about 17

[Rudegar]

Fight Club
Lust for life (Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn) About Van Gogh

[whitedaikan]

Equilibrium

I just finished watching it. It has christian bale and emma watson from the red dragon. This movie is very similar to the matrix in some themes and v for vendetta. I really encourage ppl to check it out- and there are some great moments that mimic times in my life when I wake up in the morning and have no stim working on me and I think to myself: "do I want to feel for a while longer in bed or get up and take my pill and conform for the rest of the day?"

let me know what y'all think of it