Best depiction of mental collapse in film

Cafe Society
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another performance worth mentioning in ths vein is Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall (a baseball player who suffered a mental breakdown) but I’m unable to recall/look up the name of the film now. He does a very good job of portraying the charcter’s pain. Of course, after “Psycho” Perkins was pretty well pigeonholed into wierdo roles.

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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it so I may be mis-remembering, but what about Tim Robbins in Jacob’s Ladder.

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Humphey Bogart’s testimony in The Caine Mutiny
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Another Bogie role: Fred C. Dobbs in Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Besides, it’s got the “stinkin’ badges” scene.

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Other than the maniacal laughter, Ida Lupino in They Drive by Night.

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another performance worth mentioning in ths vein is Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall (a baseball player who suffered a mental breakdown) but I’m unable to recall/look up the name of the film now. He does a very good job of portraying the charcter’s pain. Of course, after “Psycho” Perkins was pretty well pigeonholed into wierdo roles.
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Fear Strikes Out.

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I was pretty impressed with Jeff Daniels in Imaginary Heroes.

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]
Jack Nicholason and Louise Fletcher’s pied a deux in Cuckoo’s Nest.
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He seems to be showing up quite a lot in this thread. Then again, the all his characters seem about to fall off the edge.

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It wasn’t a permanent collapse, but William Forsythe losing hope during The Waterdance left me crying too.
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Heeeeeeeeeee. Okay. I admit it. I saw Coming Home when it came out, and by about 1983 or so, I stopped crying. So strictly speaking it wasn’t a permanent collapse but it was damned close.

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Evil Captor has suffered a mental collapse, and he doesn’t even know what movies he’s talking about anymore. He thinks Wilford Brimley starred in every action movie since 1980.
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Hey, it was just the oatmeal talking, man.

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Posted before Rambo in “First Blood” was actually very ,very true to life ,except for wiping out a whole community single handled.
Tom Hanks character was amazingly authentic with his portrayal of PTSS in “Saving Private Ryan” it was truly chilling ,almost like watching a real case.l

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Philip Seymour Hoffman in Love Liza.