Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
dir. Karel Reisz · 1966
Living authentically often means grappling with the tension between personal dreams and societal expectations.
Morgan Delt, a disillusioned artist, grapples with the impending loss of his wife to his former best friend while navigating a chaotic London filled with his absurd fantasies. Watching this film is like stepping into a surreal carnival where the lines between reality and imagination blur, revealing the depths of a troubled mind caught in a whirlwind of artistic obsession and social critique.
Morgan Delt is a failed and irresponsible left-wing artist whose Communist parents own a fish and chips shop in downmarket London. He is also an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer obsessed with Karl Marx, gorillas and stopping his beautiful wife from marrying his former best friend. He uses his rich fantasy world as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in an insane asylum.
