
Crazy, Not Insane
Murderers are made, not born.
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.
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About Crazy, Not Insane
- Directors
- Alex Gibney
- Cast
- Dorothy Lewis, Laura Dern, Eric Lewis, Gillian Lewis, Richard Burr, Bill Hagmaier
- Genres
- Documentary
- Content rating
- NR
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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