Director Tries for Inside Story of Mental Illness in Mania Days
Director tries for inside story of mental illness in Mania Days – Paul Dalio, a film director who has bipolar disorder, said he made “Mania Days” because he wanted film-goers to see the world through the eyes of those with mental illness.
The movie, which premiered in the past week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin and stars Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby, tells the story of a manic-depressive man and woman who are made for each other and destructive together. Dalio said at a screening over the weekend “if only you could know what it is like, I think you would look at people differently who have it.”
The characters question whether they will lose themselves and the fire within them if they try to control their mental illness through medication and therapy.
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is characterized by extreme mood swings where the highs are euphoric, and the lows extremely depressing. This can happen a few times a year or as often as a few times a week. It affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or about 2.6% of the US population age 18 and older every year according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
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