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Three Christs

You are writing letters as someone other thanyourself to patients

You are writing letters as someone other than
yourself to patients

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You are writing letters
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as someone other than yourself to patients.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:58
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Brooklyn Films,Highland Film Group,Narrative Capital

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Movie Summary

Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving.
And yet there is objective evidence - Three Christs 00:06
And yet there is objective evidence
I know what you're doing - Three Christs 00:05
I know what you're doing
That we, as a profession, warehouse, drug, - Three Christs 00:07
That we, as a profession, warehouse, drug,
You're telling me and the entire psychiatric hierarchy - Three Christs 00:05
You're telling me and the entire psychiatric hierarchy
Well, I must admit, madam, - Three Christs 00:08
Well, I must admit, madam,
What did you want to talk about? - Three Christs 00:04
What did you want to talk about?
I share Dr. Rogers's concern - Three Christs 00:12
I share Dr. Rogers's concern
The work that I'm doing with the three christs is singular. - Three Christs 00:06
The work that I'm doing with the three christs is singu...
Yes, - Three Christs 00:06
Yes,
You have a look of a man on a journey, a descent. - Three Christs 00:04
You have a look of a man on a journey, a descent.
Did you, when you were doing your most demanding work? - Three Christs 00:06
Did you, when you were doing your most demanding work?
There's a poem by Emily Dickinson, - Three Christs 00:15
There's a poem by Emily Dickinson,
Your work is novel, brilliant, and dangerous. - Three Christs 00:04
Your work is novel, brilliant, and dangerous.
You decide if the gains outweigh the obvious risks. - Three Christs 00:04
You decide if the gains outweigh the obvious risks.
Don't you want to leave ypsi and resume your life outside? - Three Christs 00:05
Don't you want to leave ypsi and resume your life outsi...
If you can use your given name, - Three Christs 00:05
If you can use your given name,
I won't touch it, no matter how close it comes. - Three Christs 00:06
I won't touch it, no matter how close it comes.
I've thought of you nightly, - Three Christs 00:07
I've thought of you nightly,
Leon, there are boundaries that must be observed. - Three Christs 00:05
Leon, there are boundaries that must be observed.
In Europe, during the war, duping caused me - Three Christs 00:07
In Europe, during the war, duping caused me