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Titicut Follies

Frederick Wiseman (Director) Rated: Unrated Format: DVD
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Product Details

  • Directors: Frederick Wiseman
  • Format: NTSC, Black & White, Director's Cut, Special Edition
  • Language: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: ZIPPORAH FILMS
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 1885918518
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,104 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Frightening and captivating.
By Randy Smith on November 28, 2011
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I saw this movie in nursing school. It is a documentory about a mental hospital for the criminally insane. I work in this field so i have seen people like this many times. In fact, eveyrday. I work in a forensic hospital setting. I work with patients very much like the ones in the film. This film shows the horrible abuse that use to happen back in the 60's to mental patients. I am shocked that, even back then, they allowed them to film this. I guess the workers there did NOT think they were being abusive. At times it is hard to watch, I even had to turn away a few times. But it does show what patients are really like. The whole film has a cold , hard hearted look to it, like the setting. A cold damp looking dungon like facility that looks vey forbodding. I recommend it, but not to those who are easily shocked.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Accurately shows the stigma that was/is related to mental illness
By R. Josephus on April 15, 2013
I saw this in college while taking a psychology class in 1986. The film was not released to the general public at that time, only people and doctors studying the film were allowed to watch it.

It is very graphic, but from what my teacher lectured us about before seeing the film, the workers there thought that the way they treated the patients was the way to go. They hid nothing. One of the most disturbing parts of the film traced a certain male patient during his "treatment" through his living conditions (naked in a bare cell with only a filthy mattress on the floor), to having a tube jammed down his nose for force feelings, and ultimately his death. They even showed how they prepared the corpse after death.

I found the movie profound as I have numerous mental illnesses and at times have been treated like poison because of them. Last week I recommended it to my new psychiatrist and he was very eager to watch it. I very much recommend this to any mental patient or people working in the field. Treatment has come a very long way since then.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Documentary of institutionalized mental health patients in Massachusetts
By chathcock on April 19, 2013
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I was initially shown this film while in medical school 46 years ago. Without editorializing, the film allows the viewers to reach their own conclusions regarding care, often delivered without empathy or compassion, given by the hospital staff. One scene
juxtaposes by repeated flashbacks the forced feeding of an inmate with preparation of his body for burial. I was told that
the film maker was hired by the hospital, the Titicut Mental Institution, but the movie was unexpectedly so negative that the
film maker was dismissed and the film suppressed although eventually released. If you want to draw your own conclusions
regarding the dehumanizing potential of incarceration within government institutions, this is a good documentary to watch.
Be prepared to be depressed.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
With out words
By Brandon Phillips on December 24, 2013
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I honestly can't explain, in detail, how this documentary made me feel. It made me cry, sad... But it also made me think. My mind grew and I was better for watching this. The more you learn, #themoreyouknow. Bottom line, I would recommend this to anyone. I apologize my review isn't as lengthy or detailed as the great ones on here.... but dang. Sometimes you're left speechless when you witness a part of history that you were unaware of. BUY THIS. Share it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Shame from the past!
By Paul Boisseau on August 21, 2013
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I saw this documentary when it was first released (late 60's) in NYC in a small "underground" theatre. It is unsettling to think that society treated mentally ill prisoners in such inhumane fashion right here in the U.S. of A. For shame on those that supposedly served to regulate these institutions and yet tolerated this type of barbarism.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An historical documentary
By SL on December 29, 2012
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I saw this film when it was made and I was in graduate school in clinical psychology. It documents the inhumane conditions of the state mental hospitals that still existed in the sixties. I also worked in two such places, both now long torn down. Titticut Follies shows how blind the staff were to the fact that these mental patients were forced to live in horrible conditions. Although these were "criminally insane" patients, the same conditions existed for non-forensic patients at Longview State Hospital in Cincinnati and for mentally retarded patients at Fort Wayne (Indiana) State Hospital. This documentary is a classic and a rare view of that period and mode of treatment of the mentally ill.
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Incredibly hard towatch. Shame on the Commonwealth of MA
By Easy Goer on July 26, 2014
Incredibly hard to watch. Shame on the Commonwealth of MA!

Director Steven Soderberg mentions the brilliant cinematography of Mr. Wiseman, (a true genius when it came to filming documentaries) in "Titicut Follies" in the "director's commentary" of his own outstanding film, "Tigerland". What I found interesting is this is the only movie EVER banned in the USA for non pornographic or national security issues.

The Lawmakers in the state of Mass. were so ashamed all they could do was sue Len Wiseman (the Director). After the lawsuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the film constituted was an "invasion of inmate privacy" and ordered the withdrawal of the film from circulation. Since the case was won by the prosecution at a state level, The US Supreme Court as of yet cannot rule on it (unless new evidence can be provided that would warrant prejudice if tried again at a state level).

The good news is it can be bought for "personal use at home for $37.00. Unfortunately, it costs $500.00 if it is to be shown in a "classroom setting". As I said before, shame on the Commonwealth of MA.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

do not recommend

Sooooo disappointing

Published 1 month ago by karen l simmons
Beware what you wish for

I also saw this movie, at U Texas between 1967-72 in a film society showing. I agree that it was shocking and led to many state hospitals being closed. Read more

Published 3 months ago by jking
Tough stuff

I wanted to see it - kits rare, so I had to buy it.

Published 4 months ago by lesmoore2204
Excellent documentary, but certainly not the potentially gruesome...

Excellent documentary, but certainly not the potentially gruesome presentation that I had prepared myself for. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Dee Buxton
Great documentary and very good contrast to what most film ...

Classic. Great documentary and very good contrast to what most film makers produce today. Still an important historic film.

Published 10 months ago by Paul T. Owen
I wanted to watch it to satisfy my stupid curiosity

First heard of it over 15 years ago for psychology class, I wanted to watch it to satisfy my stupid curiosity. Couldn't find it on VHS anywhere due being banned in many areas. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Joe
The Real "Cuckoo's Nest"

Hard to watch and easily a repeat viewing at the same time, I consider this not only Wiseman's best but one of top documentaries of the 20th century. Read more

Published 10 months ago by TelegramSam
Hidden Gem #18: Titicut Follies (1967, U. ...

Hidden Gem #18: Titicut Follies (1967, U.S.A.)

Director: Frederick Wiseman

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Published 12 months ago by Arthur Grant
Looked the singing

Touted d to be a great documentary , very choppy , but definitely disturbing , good for a student to see of your studying mental health

Published 13 months ago by m.t.mcmahon
Titicut Follies

I'm so glad I purchased this documentary. As a mental health professional, I retain an interest in the historical treatment of those with mental illness. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Tracey Elam

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