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Watch: David and Lisa 1962 123movies, Full Movie Online – The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotional problems. He finds intimacy with Lisa, a young woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder..
Plot: Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David’s overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people, but David remains withdrawn from the other patients and his psychiatrist. Over time, however, David grows interested in 15-year-old Lisa, who suffers from multiple personalities – one who can only speak in rhyme, and the other, a mute.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 3,095
	85% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 37 Popularity: 3.588 | TMDB

Reviews:

Admirable, but flawed
The movie opens with David’s mother admitting him to a private facility for emotionally disturbed teens. David has a deathly fear of being touched by others (literally, he thinks he will die if touched) and he is obsessed with time and clocks. At the facility is a young girl Lisa who is schizophrenic, speaks in rhymes, and is quite disassociated from reality. The movie details how these two meet and the changes they effect on each other.

Keir Dullea is perfectly cast as David. His gradual transformation from a near automaton, virtually incapable of interacting with others, to someone a little less rigid is a fine feat of acting. Dullea has played rather stiff personalities in other movies, most notably “The Fox” and “2001,” and one wonders if his portrayal of David is but an exaggeration of his own personality. Janet Margolin is equally accomplished in her portrayal of Lisa. Howard Da Silva is very believable as the benevolent psychiatrist Dr. Swinford, but his role is not terribly demanding and we come to know very little about him personally.

The black and white photography is effective and appropriate for the stark subject matter which is concerned exclusively with people and mental states. There are dream sequences that Alfred Hitchcock would have envied. The period details of the late 50s, early 60s (apparel, cars, home décor) are interesting.

When the kids from the home venture into the wider world their behavior is often viewed as bizarre and threatening by others. It is one of the strengths of the movie that in this context, our having been with the kids for awhile and gotten used to them a bit, their behavior is somewhat understandable. Maybe the next time we see someone behaving oddly in public we might reflect on this movie. However, it is a question whether the sympathy we come to have for David and Lisa is in no small part due to the fact that they are so attractive.

A psychiatrist might have a more accurate opinion, but for the lay person the story has many difficulties.

We are led to believe that mere socialization can lead to rapid improvement in treating some of the most intransigent mental disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. While it is true that Dr. Swinford is always lurking in the background, he is not shown here to have any deeper insights or worth beyond that of a good friend (not to underrate the value of a good friend). While we come to understand that at the root of David’s obsessions is a fear of death, we have no idea how he wound up in the condition he is in. Lacking any further evidence we are left with the implication that it has something to do with his having an absent and remote father and a domineering mother. But surely that could not be the total cause of an impairment as serious as David’s. What was David like before we meet him? It is hard to picture him functioning in the day-to-day world.

We know even less about Lisa’s background, nothing really. We are offered the common stereotype that schizophrenia is the same as multiple personality disorder, since Lisa alternates between being Lisa and Muriel. As to the others in the facility we get only a sketchiest idea as to why they are there; they all seem rather harmless.

There is no mention of drugs. Even in the early 60s, drugs would have played a part in treatment. Also absent is any mention of sex which would have to be a major consideration in dealing with late teens, emotionally disturbed or not.

We are left with the idea that things end on an upbeat note, however unrealistic. But, upon further thought, what is the future of David’s relationship with Lisa? One cannot be optimistic about a sexual relationship – neither would be capable of caring for a child. And, if David is so afraid of simply being touched, there is going to be a long road ahead to any kind of sexual contact, let alone a satisfying relationship. And introducing sex into the mix of Lisa’s problems is not going to simplify anything for her. Dr. Swinford is going to have to be more than a friend to deal with that situation.

David’s obsession with clocks and time leads to a moment of great prescience. It is his secret dream to have a master clock that sends out radio signals so that all clocks can be synchronized and everyone can have the exact time. Interestingly this foreshadows the existence of the atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the existence of “atomic watches” several decades later.

While it is admirable that this movie tackles the important topic of mental health in an era when such was not common, it would have been a more valuable exercise if it had gone deeper.

A Bit Arty But Not Bad
Though this is self-consciously artistic, quote unquote, it is plausible in many ways. The acting is good. The two young title characters are very good indeed.

A sensitive approach to mental illness in the early 1960s was brave. The vignettes separated by blackouts are initially annoying but one gets used to the technique ad they start to have a genuinely artistic appeal.

The scenes in which David is home are poignant but a bit clichéd. And the ending is unfortunate. Love conquers mental illness. David rescues Lisa and she stops rhyming and he doesn’t mind her touching him. OK. The comparison may be unfair but think of the ending of Truffaut’s “Wild Child,” which raises the question of whether any of what we have seen is moral or not. Maybe that would not have sold at all in the Hollywood of this time and we should be grateful this was made and released at all.

(The Lisa/Muriel aspect, which must be left over from the novel, is not explained clearly in the movie. Which is her real name?)

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 35 min (95 min)
Budget 185000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Frank Perry
Writer Eleanor Perry, Theodore Isaac Rubin
Actors Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 7 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 2,575 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm