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Originally Posted by DTD Alum
I think the major themes were the lengths people push themselves for perfection, the existence of a "darker side" to one's personality, regret and aging in the arts, mind games and (potentially, depending on how you view it) mental illness.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
At this point, people who haven't seen the movie but keep clicking on this thread are essentially looking for spoilers. What else could they expect to read?....I think the major themes were pushing for perfection, mental illness, and crazy bitch (which is different than mental illness).
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I won't feel bad for saying what I really wanted to say now.
I thought that this movie was majorly about serious mental illness. Natalie Portman's character had a very serious case of non-medicated schizophrenia. Throughout the movie, I kept thinking about the aunt of an old friend of mine who, during a psychotic episode associated with her schizophrenia, cut off her own lips with a razor blade thinking that they were filled with spider eggs. That's why I wrote about how the theme of this movie is extra creepy since it really does happen to people. Schizophrenia is a terrifying disability that's sometimes treated as a joke by people outside the medical and mental health fields. I don't know what this movie will do for its reputation, but I hope that people who see the movie realize that that's what's being portrayed!
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