The art of losing

The art of losing

Once you know that Still Alice is about one patient's battle with dementia, you know more or less how it will end. There is, unfortunately, for the many millions of patients living with dementia only one way that their illness can end. But Still Alice is about the journey rather than the destin...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2015-02, Vol.385 (9970), p.764-764
Main Author: Mullard, Asher
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
Dementia
Internal Medicine
Moore, Julianne
Motion pictures
Patients
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Summary:Once you know that Still Alice is about one patient's battle with dementia, you know more or less how it will end. There is, unfortunately, for the many millions of patients living with dementia only one way that their illness can end. But Still Alice is about the journey rather than the destination. And although the film is at times mundane and disjointed, the raw portrayal of what it is like to lose your memory makes it worth the ride.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X