Crazy, Not Insane

Mar 18, 2020

1h 57m

★ 7.3

Murderers are made, not born.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Jigsaw Productions

HBO Documentary Films

Crazy, Not Insane Trailers

Cast

Self

Dorothy Lewis

Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)

Laura Dern

Self - Dorothy's Son

Eric Lewis

Self - Dorothy's Daughter

Gillian Lewis

Self - Defense Attorney

Richard Burr

Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Bill Hagmaier

Self - Forensic Psychiatrist

Park Dietz

Self - Clinical Psychologist

Catherine Yeager

Self - Neurologist

Jonathan Pincus

Self (archive footage)

Diane Sawyer

Self (archive footage)

Bill O'Reilly

Self (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese

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