Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Pjay (A) on September 06, 2002 at 07:42:18

In Reply to: Victor Khomenko - Have you seen this war movie? posted by Dave on September 05, 2002 at 09:46:57:

This is interesting to me because two weeks ago I sat my step father down and asked about his first marriage (1940s). He had always said it was just a war romance and ended after the war. This time he gave a different story.

Heading into WWII he married his college sweetheart. He went off to fight and was shot down and spent two years in a camp. Upon returning home they set up house and he found work and off they went. But he said after a couple of months his personality changed.

He would wake up almost every night screaming "they are shooting at me" while he flailed about. Then he said he started drinking heavily on weekends and running around with a cocky fast crowd. His wife put up with this for a year but then booted him out. They did not have any help for this condition and he said his doctor did not know what to do. They didn't even have a name for it at that time. He noted he would have booted him out with all the bs he was doing.

He said it took about five years for him to straighten out and three just to realize there was something wrong.

So I think this movie says a lot about those left behind to heal themselves (I remember seeing this movie many many years ago, I wish I could rent it). It also beings up one of my life questions about WWII. I know so many dads who were in some sort of service but they all seem to discount any action and sawing, "oh, I was just a cook" is common. But I have always wondered if there were really that many cooks or this was a way of covering up.

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