Awake (2007): a nightmare in the operating room during a heart transplant
Abstract The director and screenwriter of the film Awake (2007), Joby Harold, raises something frightening and with endless possibilities for movies of this genre: the possibility that, during surgery, the patient become aware of what he is going through. It is a great idea within the field of the supernatural thriller, and from here, he organizes an irregular perceptual game, but with irresistible settings. This movie has one of the most harrowing sequences of recent fantasy films. It is located between between the most physical hor? ror and the cerebral one. The film shows the reaction of the protagonist, anesthetized in the operating table, when he becomes aware of what is going to happen. During the course of the entire movie, a num? ber of surgical medical operations take place, and allow us to successfully perform a critical reflection on various aspects that deserve further clinical comments.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04487.x
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00126869-200331010-00016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02016.x
Juanes Méndez, J. A. (2015). Awake (2007): a nightmare in the operating room during a heart transplant. Journal of Medicine and Movies, 11(1), 5–12. Retrieved from https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13480
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