the story here or the linkage is funny..
someone commented on a picture of me
where I look scary, and said:
"oh, you should act in dario argento movies."
since I didnt know who he was,
I "IMDB-d" him.
and found that he made this movie.
the stendahl syndrome.
which is amazing.
seeing how that is my last name.
I need to see it.
I didnt even know we had our own syndrome,
until my sister told me not too long ago.
wikipedia has this to say about the syndrome:
Stendhal syndrome or Stendhal's syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly 'beautiful' or a large amount of art is in a single place. The term can also be used to describe a similar reaction to a surfeit of choice in other circumstances, e.g. when confronted with immense beauty in the natural world. There have been many cases of individuals, for instance, experiencing the uncomfortable symptoms of Stendhal Syndrome in reaction to the mountains of British Columbia.
It is named after the famous 19th century French author Stendhal (pseudonym of Henri-Marie Beyle), who described his experience with the phenomenon during his 1817 visit to Florence, Italy in his book Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio.
Although there are many descriptions of people becoming dizzy and fainting while taking in Florentine art, especially at the Uffizi, dating from the early 19th century on, the syndrome was only named in 1979, when it was described by Italian psychiatrist Graziella Magherini, who observed and described more than 100 similar cases among tourists and visitors in Florence. The syndrome was first diagnosed in 1982.
The term is often used when describing the reactions of audiences to music of the Romantic period.
2 comments:
Hej Dario Agento är min ex-regissörs favorit filmare! Italiensk supersnygg skräck med varning för klassisk sexism. Färgerna och musiken är bäst! Blunda för porträtt av kvinnan som antingen en sexig oskuld som dör eller en gammal elak häxa.
Vi inspirerades av bl.a. "Suspiria" när vi gjorde "Rädd".
jøss.. han MÅ jo sjekkes ut.
det hører også med til historien at han som kommenterte på bildet ikke visste hva etternavnet mitt var. men det kommer kanskje frem av teksten. vet ikke..
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