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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1987)
Director: Christopher Rawlence
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Michael Nyman's 'chamber opera' is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks' case history of a man suffering from agnosia: the inability to recognise everyday objects. As the Neurologist (Belcourt) questions and conducts tests upon music lecturer Dr P (Westcott), the story proper takes time out for interviews with both Sacks himself and a neurological surgeon, allowing librettist and director Rawlence to transform an individual case study into an investigation of problems of perception. Thanks to sensitivity and wit and to a subtle, sympathetic use of close-ups, the film finally becomes very moving. And Nyman's shimmering music, crisply sung by the three leads, is not only entirely appropriate to mood and meaning, but also memorable in its own right.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Christopher Rawlence
Producer: Debra Hauer
Cast: Emile Belcourt, Frederick Westcott, Patricia Hooper, John Tighe, Oliver Sacks full cast
Duration: 75 mins
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