Word: munchausenisms
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Psychiatrists say the killers commonly suffer from a variant of Munchausen's syndrome, a bizarre mental condition that impels people to feign or induce illness in order to get care and nurturing from doctors and hospitals. In Munchausen's by proxy, people injure their children in their place. They may inject the youngsters with poisons or drugs, or mix blood in their urine. Parents have even been caught by surveillance cameras attempting to smother their offspring in their hospital beds...
...Holy Grail. On his own he directed one commercial hit (Time Bandits) and one cult smash (Brazil). Critics, this one included, went crazy for Brazil; but not many citizens felt at home amid all the astringent whimsy. And the director's next phantasmagoria, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, was a $50 million flop...
...Baron Munchausen (Czechoslovakia, 1961)--by Karel Zeman on Friday at 9 p.m., 7 p.m. on Saturday...
ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Lovers waltz in midair, a servant outruns a bullet, and the King of the Moon (Robin Williams) loses his head in this wonder-filled fantasy from Terry Gilliam...
ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Lovers waltz in midair, a servant (Eric Idle) outruns a speeding bullet and the King of the Moon (Robin Williams) literally loses his head in this wonder-filled fantasy from Terry Gilliam, late of Brazil...