Search Results

Passion & fury the emotional brain

Title

Passion & fury [videorecording] : the emotional brain / produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [and] Australian Broadcasting Corporation in association with Discovery Networks International.

Variant title

Passion and fury

Portion of title

Emotional brain

Format

DVD, Videodisc

Published/Produced

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [2005?]

Description

4 videodiscs (43 min. each) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in.

System details

DVD-R.

Summary

"Passion and Fury: A four-part series that looks at the primal emotions that are generated in the brain, and how nature and nurture combine to make us feel the way we do."--Container. Part 1: Anger. "This program examines anger, from its primordial roots in self-defence to its expression in modern violence. We meet several men who have lost control of their anger and committed violent acts. One killed his wife for not obeying him; another smashed a car with a sledge hammer while enraged. Each of the men appear gentle and penitent in their quieter moments. What possesses them to lose control?"--www.filmakers.com Part 2: Love. "This program examines the complexity of the emotion we call love, from the burning desire that can strike suddenly, to the giddy euphoria of falling in love. What is the incredible bond a mother feels for her infant, and how does it relate to the feeling couples may have after a lifetime of living together?"--www.filmakers.com Part 3: Fear. "Fear is the most primal and powerful emotion, from its evolutionary origins in the involuntary fight-or-flight survival instinct, to its essential function as a learning tool today. A pilot tells how, as his plane was running out of fuel, his brain took control, suppressing the panic that other passengers experienced, and allowing him to make a rocky but safe premature landing. Fear activated his survival instinct."--www.filmakers.com Part 4: Happiness. "Drawing a distinction between the lasting state of happiness and the pursuit of instant pleasure, the program explores the evolutionary role of happiness, and asks what happens in the brain, and possibly in our genes, that make some people happy and others sad."--www.filmakers.com

Contents note

• pt. 1. Anger / produced and directed by Paul Faint ; written by Sonya Pemberton, Paul Faint
• pt. 2. Love / produced and directed by Italo Costa
• pt. 3. Fear / produced, directed and written by Wendy Trueman
• pt. 4. Happiness / produced, directed and written by Hugh Piper.

Notes

Originally broadcast 2003-2005 on the television series: The Nature of things. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives.

Subject headings

Emotions. Human behavior. Anger. Love. Fear. Happiness. Human beings. Documentary films. Television programs.

Other contributors

Faint, Paul. Costa, Italo. Trueman, Wendy. Piper, Hugh. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Discovery Networks International. Filmakers Library, inc.

Other titles

Nature of things (Television program)

Holdings Summary