Review of The Snake Pit (1948) by Augustine H — 15 Nov 2014
Her role as Virginia Cunningham, Olivia de Havilland shows us an astounding performance in a topic before her time. Directly handling the topic of mental health, based in an asylum, Virginia copes with problems having troubles with abuse and a couple mental illnesses.
It's very different seeing a glamorous, silver star in sack-like attire and messy hair.She has a one of a kind, very different role than a film with, say, Errol Flynn, and I think it's great. One of my favourite Livvie films. I highly appreciate the effort she put into The Snake Pit having studied mental heath and treatments before filming. The Snake Pit also gives us an insight on how mental health was dealt with in the 40's.
Unfortunately, The Snake Pit isn't as known as it should be, only winning 1 Oscar for best sound recording. It held my interest and was a fine film. A well done job by Anatole Litvak and everyone else involved.
Her independent performance in The Snake Pit should be, in my opinion, more renown as she plays a brilliant part in a overall, great movie which deals with how mental illnesses were treated back then.
This review of The Snake Pit (1948) was written by Augustine H on 15 Nov 2014.
The Snake Pit has generally received very positive reviews.
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