Review of Titicut Follies (1967) by John T — 23 May 2011
Titicut Follies is an eye opening look at an institute for the criminally insane that was filmed back in 1967 . This was originally banned in America and the film makers were taken to court because they said it breached the inmates privacy but I applaud the director for exposing some of the awful practices and dreadful conditions these poor men had to put up with.
Throughout the film there is a sub plot that revolved around the guards and their singing and entertaining and although they clearly love being amateur stars of the stage but it only masks a place that is full of despair.
One doctor in particular is as nasty as you can imagine. We see him dismiss the claims of a man who quite clearly shouldn't be there and we also see him force feed a patient through a tube in his nose .
This is an extremely unpleasant watch but I wouldn't tell anyone not to watch it. This is history unfolding .
It's a fly on the wall documentary that let's the camera do the talking and it's not a movie Im.
Ever likely to forget .
This review of Titicut Follies (1967) was written by John T on 23 May 2011.
Titicut Follies has generally received very positive reviews.
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