Re: Sam Vaknin - Narcissist or Psychopath?
Looks like we aren't the only people who suspect Vaknin is a psychopath and NOT a narcissist:
Looks like we aren't the only people who suspect Vaknin is a psychopath and NOT a narcissist:
http://www.secretspacedvd.com/
I, Psychopath
A Magic|Real Picture in association with Liberty Productions
Director
Ian Walker
Writer
Ian Walker
Producer
Sally Regan
Line Producer
Deb Szapiro
Exec. Producer
Jennifer Cummins
Cinematographer
Simon Smith
Composer
Felicity Fox
Editor
James Bradley
Researcher
Danielle Brigham & Alex Barry
Sound Designer
Mike Gissing
Animator
Simon von Wolkenstein
Consultant
Prof. Bob Hare
I, PSYCHOPATH follows narcissist and suspected psychopath Sam Vaknin, (author of the book Malignant Self Love) on a journey into diagnosis. Vaknin, a financial analyst and businessman has been advisor to governments and large corporations. He has achieved more than most people do in life...having won and lost prestige, fortune, friends and love, not once, but numerous times.
In 1995, Vaknin’s world came crashing down around him when he was tried and sentenced to jail for his involvement in the attempted takeover of the Israeli Agricultural Bank. Now, aged 46, the analyst in Vaknin sees that the statistics stack up against him and realises that his behaviour is at the core of all his problems.
Vaknin’s journey into diagnosis takes us to the leaders in the field of psychopathy and explores the complexity of this personality disorder which covers a broad spectrum of behaviour that takes in the emotional, the corporate and the criminal, yet is little understood outside the classic image of the psychopath as serial killer.
As Vaknin visits psychopathy experts around the world he will undergo a battery of tests to see whether he fits the criteria and traits of a psychopath. For example, he'll complete the Psychopathy Checklist and the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. He’ll undergo functional magnetic resonance imaging as part of a fear conditioning study and have his full brain scan evaluated for structural abnormalities which have been implicated in anti-social behaviour.
Along the way we meet with academics and scientists to discuss current areas of research such as The Moral Brain, the successful vs the unsuccessful psychopath, neuroethics and the law, the efficacy of testing and of treatment and gain a clearer understanding of the effects of psychopathy on the psychopath and on the people they come in contact with. Vaknin will have the opportunity to debate with and challenge the scientists and their assumptions.
We also meet Vaknin’s wife, Lidija Rangelovska, who is contemplating having a child, how does Vaknin’s narcissism and suspected psychopathy impact on her decision whether to have a family, how will it affect their child ?
If Vaknin rates a score on the Psychopathy Checklist, he will need to decide whether to accept the label “psychopath” and what that might mean for his future and for the rest of us.
I, PSYCHOPATH is a journey around the world...and deep into the mind.
Format: 1-hour documentary with a special feature-length version
Status: Delivered
Finance: ABC-TV (Australia), Arte (Germany), CBC Newsworld (Canada), Film Finance Corporation Australia, NSW Film & Television Office
Distibutor: Off the Fence (ROW)