Let there be light (1946)
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| Title | Let there be light |
| Year of production | 1946 |
| Country of production | États-Unis |
| Director(s) | John Huston |
| Duration | 58 minutes |
| Format | Parlant - Noir et blanc - 35 mm |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Subtitles and transcription | English |
| Archive holder(s) | United States National Library of Medicine |
Main credits
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Content
Medical themes
- Traumata. Injuries. Wounds
- Regressive and reparative processes
- Neural (nervous) disorders
- Various aspects of disease, patients and medical intervention
- Semeiology. Symptomatology. Signs and symptoms. Examination. Diagnosis. Propaedeutics
- Treatment
- Psychiatry. Pathological psychiatry. Psychopathology. Phrenopathies. Psychoses. Mental abnormality. Morbid mental states. Behavioural and emotional disturbances
Theme
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Main genre
Synopsis
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Context
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Ce film fait partie d'un vaste corpus de films consacrés aux troubles psychologiques et psychiatriques des soldats tournés par la Navy ou d'autres divisions de l'armée américaine dans les années 1940 et 1950.
Ce corpus comprend :
Combat Exhaustion (1943)
Introduction To Combat Fatigue (1944)
The Inside Story (1944)
The_N.P._Patient (1944)
Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945)
Insomnia (1945)
Assignment Home (1945)
Combat Fatigue Psychosomatic Disorders (1946)
Shades of grey (1948)
Combat Psychiatry - The Battalion Medical Officer (1954)
Structuring elements of the film
- Reporting footage : Yes.
- Set footage : No.
- Archival footage : No.
- Animated sequences : No.
- Intertitles : Yes.
- Host : No.
- Voice-over : Yes.
- Interview : No.
- Music and sound effects : Yes.
- Images featured in other films : No.
How does the film direct the viewer’s attention?
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How are health and medicine portrayed?
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Broadcasting and reception
Where is the film screened?
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Il n'a jamais été diffusé car il a été censuré par l'armée.
Presentations and events associated with the film
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Ce film a fait partie de la sélection Un certain regard du Festival de Cannes en 1981.
Audience
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Local, national, or international audience
National
Description
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Supplementary notes
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Musique : Dimitri Tiomkins
Photo : Stanley Cortez
Voix off : Walter Huston (père de John Huston)References and external documents
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C. A. Morgan III, From Let there be light to Shades of Grey: the construction of authoritative knowledge about combat fatigue (1945-1948) in Signs of life, Cinema and Medicine, edited by Graeme Harper and Andrew Moor, Wallflower Press, London and New York, 2005.
Lowy Vincent & Cantor David, Conversion Narratives, Health Films, and Hollywood Filmmakers of the 1930s and 1940s in Health Education Films in the Twentieth Century, edited by Christian Bonah, David Cantor and Anja Laukötter, University of Rochester Press, Rochester, 2018.
Lowy Vincent & Cantor David, Conversion Narratives, Health Films, and Hollywood Filmmakers of the 1930s and 1940s in Health Education Films in the Twentieth Century, edited by Christian Bonah, David Cantor and Anja Laukötter, University of Rochester Press, Rochester, 2018.
Contributors
- Record written by : Élisabeth Fuchs
