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Titicut Follies is a 1967 American direct cinema documentary film produced, written, and directed by Frederick Wiseman and filmed by John Marshall. It deals with the patient-inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, a Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
"Titicut Follies" is one of the most despairing documentaries I have ever seen; more immediate than fiction because these people are real; more savage than satire because it seems to be neutral. Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" was filmed in 1966 at the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Mass.
Sep 4, 1992 · Titicut Follies: Directed by Frederick Wiseman. Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Jun 3, 2023 · Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Bridgewater State started out as a poorhouse in 1855, then became a workhouse and finally a hospital to evaluate the criminally insane. Within 14 years, prisoners killed five corrections officers during escape attempts. Wiseman named Titicut Follies after an annual talent show put on by the inmates.
Titicut Follies. Released Oct 3, 1967 1h 30m Documentary List. 100% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 89% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman exposes conditions at a Massachusetts...
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Titicut Follies debuted at the 1967 New York Film Festival and received a six-day run in a New York City theater, but further screenings were prevented by legal action from the hospital, which claimed the film violated the privacy rights of the patients.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Jan 10, 2024 · Read our critical review of 'Titicut Follies,' a groundbreaking documentary that exposes the stark reality of life inside a state prison for the criminally insane. Discover the film's profound impact on mental health awareness and the ethical debates it sparked in documentary filmmaking.
Apr 28, 2017 · Frederick Wiseman's controversial 1967 documentary Titicut Follies exposed conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts. Fifty years later, the filmmaker, now 87, has...
