The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

[redfordforpresident]

I have a lot more faces than her; where's my movie?

[redfordforpresident]

She has the gift of channeling messages from the highest powers. Notice that she is never boring. I would rather have 100 faces than be a boring one-or-two-faced person.

[shrooms85]

um she played the therapist in sybil. IRONY

[jetset59]

My grandmother observed Chris Costner Sizemore (the real Eve) while she was a nursing student at the Medical College of Georgia. I asked her about and she said that she was scared to be around her! Of course her psychiatry rotation back then included holding people down after ECT and during insulin shock and I'm sure it didn't help that another psych patient knocked her down with one blow.

[AmusedChild]

@jetset59 Wow, fascinating and scary - you should write down all of your grandmother's stories! I wonder what it was like to be a woman working in that era.

[Jazzicall]

I just watched that today in health and loved it. Almost cried :'(

[cinemapsycho91]

It looks like Woodward does a fascinating job in this movie. I am definitely checking it out.

[blacksamurai2012]

If somebody from here has this problem thumbs up ;) hahaha

[lindapittsburgh]

I read that the DR made up a lot of it?

but I do think there is such an illness

[juliepopper18]

ha we're watching this is psychology class .its funny

[gotch09]

What they don't tell you, is that the real Eve, Chris Sizemore was ripped off. The doctors didn't "cure" her, she went on to develop even more personalities And she got very little money for this, while the doctors and every one else got rich off her pain and grief..

[kathyj1953]

no person can be sure of what or how much their mind can handle until they are faced with it ....we cant ever judge others

[JanneFlinck1981]

does anybody know great movies like this and snake pit, mostly about womens or girls mental problems??.

[aerithlives]

The real Eve (Chris Sizemore) experienced some really violent things as a young girl. Not abuse, but just grim experiences. She saw someone at a mill get cut into three parts, among other things.

[gotch09]

@aerithlives I never quite accepted that she wasn't the victim of severe and chronic sex abuse as a child.

[aerithlives]

@gotch09 Mysteries of life, as they say. But not every traumatized person has been sexually abused.

[xPikmin2x]

@gotch09 I just started watching interviews and this clip and i also think she must have been sexually abused does she admit this?

[xPikmin2x]

@xPikmin2x Well I also agree that sexual abuse isn't the only criteria for mental illness. It just seems as though (as someone else said) she may have pushed it into her subconscious to protect someone since (as another person said )tha'ts an awful lot of damage for what she claims caused it,nevertheless it probably is possible (not probable)

[gotch09]

@xPikmin2x She never admitted to being sexually abused. I don't know if she was in denial, or couldn't remember or what the reason was.

[kevinvisaman]

The role of Eve was initially offered to Judy Garland who was the first choice of producer Nunnally Johnson. Judy reportedly told Johnson that she could "kick the shit out of that part" but eventually declined the role which then went to Joanne Woodward who went on to win the Oscar for her performance. Most critics concur that while Woodward was great, Garland would have been brilliant and in the end cost her the Oscar that elluded her

[mariahrose210]

I just watched this movie last night on Turner Classic Movies. it was absolutely amazing.

[grumpy6633]

man your insane but cool

[DelIriSentA]

talk comes easy when you havent actually had the experience....id like to see you forced to do that as a little, helpless child that has so put up with so much more....and id like to see you hung from a ceiling by your nipples...just for the thrill...dont worry...you will not develop any personalities because i'd kill you after.

^this^ is the kind of fear these children have every day.

[FreddyDSilverBrite]

You sure of that?

[INTJewel]

Although Ms. Woodward is an exceptional actress, this movie is so laughably inaccurate it's embarrassing. True, not much was known about DID at the time, but this depiction is so completely off base, it's painful to watch. Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by prolonged exposure to sexual and other abuse, NOT by having to kiss your dead grandmother once. Sheesh. This movie was lauded as 'breakthrough' in its time, but now it's just lame. Sorry, Joanne, but it's true.

[ethalinia]

Yeah, but that is really the cause that was mentioned in the medical report...I think you're right,though, it seems a bit strange that someone would develop up to 22 personalities just because she had to kiss her dead grandmother, maybe there had been abuse in her early childhood...and she pushed it away into her subconscious memory....there could've been so many things that caused this, I guess we'll never know for sure what's inside a person's head

[johnclemo12]

@ethalinia she also saw a man die in a water wheel and got locked into a cupboard.

[MrArturoui]

@ethalinia no she saw some massacre or something when she was really really young. like 3 months. And her parents didn't think it would affect her. But if you undergo a trauma that young, your brain can't handle it like an older kid would and it goes into like...emergency state so tries to block it out with a new personality. because of the trauma she'll always react badly to stress, which is why the personalities kept procreating. i think?

[MrArturoui]

@MrArturoui (she was on bbc news a couple of years ago. they managed to cure her to some extent.)

[VTMCompany]

we liked the MGM version LIZZIE with Eleanor Parker MUCH better!

[BlackWolf4830]

Um.. it IS kinda your word against the actual medical report, dude.

[BlackWolf4830]

Just because MOST cases of dissociative identity disorder are caused by exposure to sexual abuse, does not mean that one must be abused to get it. Again, this was based off true events, and exactly what the medical report was.

You're not using your head as to how this can cause someone DID. The pain of losing her grandmother, the loss of innocence in not only having to SEE the shell that was your grandmother, but having to kiss the dead remains can be equally as traumatizing as childhood rape

[xPikmin2x]

@BlackWolf4830 So there was never any proof or suggestions that she was ever sexually abused?

[BlackWolf4830]

I'm also going to guess that the same preservatives we use today to keep dead bodies intact were not used back then.. so she was probably kissing what was an ugly flea-infested mess that was her grandmother.

[Petrasa]

I AGREE!

[KEMANNA09]

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[lovethelilmermaid]

haha its morgan hunter!

[snelson1971]

oh i know mrs louden who is this

[c3c3wildin]

I watched this in My class. [Ms.Louden's if anyones i kno is reading this]

[violinistx100]

In the end with the last personality what was she saying? It sounded like she ssaid her momo made her kiss him???

Was it forced sex or rape?

I've never seen this movie befor. I just watched Sybil and have been looking up DID and famous cases,films and books

[ktdc7]

her mother forced her to kiss her grandmother on her deathbed when she was very young.

[OllieGrech]

I think she's saying, please dont make me mama.

I recieved a lecture from the real women not too long ago, and this is what they gave the nickname too one of her faces.

Not sure though!

[softcelltainted22]

two things. i JUST saw this movie right now and thought it was great.

1- the whole time i kept thinking "jesus, she looks like kirsten dunst"

2- Eve Black was a crazy bitch! i loved every time she came out, i was in stitches!

[xmandyxbabyx]

this movie is very good!

we are watching it in my psychology class and we are doing clinical observations.

i really recommend this movie if you havnt seen it yet

[mibzhatster150592]

i think you can get MPD or DID in other countries...according to my psychology teacher at least

[craftylaura]

Watched this in Psychology, brillian film!

Interesting point though, aparently the US is the only country in the world where MPD is found.

[coralarch]

CRaftylaura, they just call it different names and have different criteria for evaluation.

[gothicblackrose]

it's call disociatitive identity disorder now

so look it up under that name

[Ry73737]

Haha same  :)

[eBooeBoo]

The US is not the only country--there have been several other accounts outside the US (as seen in Wolters Kluwer Health Company). It's just that the US has the most cases of DID.

[craftylaura]

Ok fine, Im the first person to admit when Im wrong. Mind you, my psychology teacher did tell us about it who also threatened us with her suicide on a weekly basis so probably not the best source of information!

[violinistx100]

well I've never seen this film, but another film of DID is Sybil this movie and book is very intresting and her case officialy became MPD in the I think the early 20s-40s I recomend this if you'r studying phsycological disorders

[lavafrenzy]

ok thanks. i was just told that its hard to find. i will still look though. thanks

[lavafrenzy]

does anyone know where on youtube i can watch the WHOLE video? i no this is just a part of it but i wanted to watch the whole vid. my drama teacher sed it was about 20mins long...

thankss

[ClassicMovieTrailers]

It's a feature film and I suggest you buy or rent it if you're curious.

[AmusedChild]

@lavafrenzy It's a feature film. I recommend renting it. I can't speak for its psychological accuracy, but Woodward's performance is worth it and she's a great example for drama students!

[SweetLesa]

@lavafrenzy Actually, the movie is 1 hr. 30 mins. long. Just watched it on HBOSG.

[hmbdancer1]

yeah i just finished watching this in my psychology class and i though it was good.

[zastonecesda]

Damn,i have to get that book.