The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies

by Dave Coleman

Book Overview

This book examines the lives and works of famous filmmakers and screen actors through the perspective of bipolar and depressive disorders. The filmmakers discussed in this volume include directors Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Tim Burton; as well as actors Carrie Fisher, James Dean, Peter Sellers, and Jim Carrey.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081089193X
• ISBN13: 9780810891937
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"