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Dr. Lavrier:
[at a meeting with the assembled staff]
So many of these people have Such extraordinary minds. Such extraordinary sensibilities - too extraordinary, I think, sometimes. This is not a scientific theory... maybe it's romantic. But I often compare them to fine crystal which has been shattered by the shock of some intolerable revelation. I often have a feeling when I talk with them that they have seen too much with too fine an instrument. That they have been close to some extreme - to something absolute - and been blasted by it. That they have been destroyed, one might say, by their own excellence. Regarded in this way, they are the heroes of the universe. Its finest product, and its noblest casualty. Dr. Lavrier:
Schizophrenia, however, is far from being an exclusive affliction of the superior mind. As a matter of fact, by using a substance from the blood of humans, schizophrenia has been induced in dogs, spiders, as well as men. Dr. Lavrier:
[he has an assistant put up some slides of spider webs on a projector]
As you will note, the web of most normal spider species is as distinctive and invariable as their coloring. But the mad ones spin out fantastic, asymmetrical - and rather nightmarish designs - a most unsettling fact
[at a meeting with the assembled staff]
So many of these people have Such extraordinary minds. Such extraordinary sensibilities - too extraordinary, I think, sometimes. This is not a scientific theory... maybe it's romantic. But I often compare them to fine crystal which has been shattered by the shock of some intolerable revelation. I often have a feeling when I talk with them that they have seen too much with too fine an instrument. That they have been close to some extreme - to something absolute - and been blasted by it. That they have been destroyed, one might say, by their own excellence. Regarded in this way, they are the heroes of the universe. Its finest product, and its noblest casualty. Dr. Lavrier:
Schizophrenia, however, is far from being an exclusive affliction of the superior mind. As a matter of fact, by using a substance from the blood of humans, schizophrenia has been induced in dogs, spiders, as well as men. Dr. Lavrier:
[he has an assistant put up some slides of spider webs on a projector]
As you will note, the web of most normal spider species is as distinctive and invariable as their coloring. But the mad ones spin out fantastic, asymmetrical - and rather nightmarish designs - a most unsettling fact
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of the superior mind
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As a matter of fact by using a substance from the blood of humans
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schizophrenia has been induced in dogs
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spiders as well as men
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As you will note the web of most normal spider species
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is as distinctive and invariable as their coloring
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But the mad ones spin out fantastic asymmetrical
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and rather nightmarish designs
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A most unsettling fact
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Movie Summary
A war veteran gets work at a mental institution, where he meets the beautiful but eccentric Lilith.
Actors
Dr. Lavrier
Vincent Bruce
