Domi said:I think you saw/interpreted that right. It was horrible and now burned in my mind.Shijing said:Was that little girl about 2/3 of the way through basically being raped? That's the impression I got, but the quality was poor enough that I wasn't absolutely sure. That was pretty horrible to watch.
I have been wondering about the clips in this video and especially the repetition of clips where it doesn't seem to make sense to me.
I can't shake the sense that somebody is doing some transmarginal inhibition experiment on the viewer through this video.
While watching, I thought several times:
- I wouldn't make this video like this if I wanted to convey this type of information.
- it doesn't make sense with respect to the narrative to show this clip here
- this clip was horrible, why did they have to show it again?
I'd like to hear if you thought/felt any of the above.
Hopefully I'm not misinterpreting the above comments, but I want to point out that the Monarch clip contained numerous shots from the 1976 drama film Sybil that originally aired as a made-for-television miniseries. It was based on the book of the same name.
"Sally Field starred in the title role, with Joanne Woodward playing the part of Sybil's psychiatrist, Cornelia B. Wilbur. Based on the book Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, the movie dramatizes the life of a shy young graduate student, Sybil Dorsett (in real life, Shirley Ardell Mason), suffering from dissociative identity disorder as a result of the psychological trauma she suffered as a child. With the help of her psychiatrist, Sybil gradually recalls the severe child abuse that led to the development of 16 different personalities. Field's portrayal of Sybil won much critical acclaim, as well as an Emmy Award."
Here's a link to one shot of the child from the TV movie - under images of Sally Fields Sybil, 3rd picture:
http://www.google.com/search?q=sally+fields+sybil&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
My impression was there weren't that many images available to choose from so the same ones were used over and over. Although I thought it kind of oddball, I didn't feel like it was hypnotic at all especially when I began recognizing scenes from the Sybil TV movie and a very recognizable shot of Sally Field herself. The child abuse scenes were definitely from the TV movie, the story of a mentally ill mother abusing the child with the child's doctor ignoring all the obvious signs. It was tough to watch and heartbreaking that any child would be subjected to such horror.
Below is Sybil - Part 1 of 19 on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51b9FIwiDlQ