Sunday, April 29, 2012

Freaky image

who doesnt know this image? i never entirely saw the movie, but i think more or less everyone knows this scene, and to which movie it belongs...
today we drove a bit around boston, and went to see the remains of a psychiatric hospital. once, the grounds were huge, but now only one building remained. it is abandoned, but it was interesting to see... i actually wanted to post a picture of it and write something about it, but i spend the entire evening reading about hospitals for the "mentally ill", looking at other blogs, reports of such places being haunted, photographs of people more brave than i am who went inside such buildings to picture all the creepiness. there are many huge psychiatric hospitals in the us, and many are closed by now. many abandoned, others converted to luxury apartments... highly interesting (but also sad) to read about all that stuff! but.... its way past midnight and now im too tired to look at the photos i took myself. grrr...  so... you will have to do it with this freaky iconic image of jack nicholson that we saw in new york last weekend. 
good night!

7 comments:

Cesc Sales said...

the glow!

Valladolid Daily Photo said...

As scary as the movie´s image...Great shot!

Kay said...

Never saw the movie, but it certainly has had staying power. It's kind of creepy to see this image so much.

Wayne said...

Good old Jack.

Anyone interested in images from abandoned 'mental institutions' seek out Asylum, by Christopher Payne.
It's not a cheery book but the photos are excellent.

Kate said...

A stellar performance but a frightening movie!!

biebkriebels said...

I didn't see the movie but remember the image of Jack very well.

Tim said...

you people need to see that movie!!