psychological unraveling
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A mind coming apart, used as the structure of the film rather than as an incident in it. The audience is usually held inside the deterioration, so the narrative becomes as unreliable as the character. Crucially this is not a genre: it happens in war films, crime films and period tragedy as readily as in horror.
The Shining
Memento
Taxi Driver
Vertigo
Lawrence of Arabia
Barton Fink
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Forgotten
Mysterious Skin
Sniper: The White Raven
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Monster
Honey Don't!
Removal
Real Fiction
Ghost Game
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