About
Writer/director Paul Maunder's second drama after his award-winning Going Up North for a While is a portrait of a woman's mental health crisis. In part one Julie (Denise Maunder) is haunted by her birth mother's breakdown. Her inner monologue narrates events; Julie hopes marriage and a job will "cure" her, and falls pregnant. After a traumatic delivery, she suffers an acute episode and is admitted into care. Part two takes place in a psychiatric hospital where drugs, electroconvulsive therapy and art therapy were standard treatments at the time. Maunder undertook research at Auckland's Kingseat psychiatric hospital.
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A shot taken during the making of 1973 TV drama One of Those People that Live in the World, which was set in a mental hospital. From left to right: director Paul Maunder, camera assistant Bayley Watson and cameraman Lynton Diggle.
Kindly supplied by Lynton Diggle.
Director Paul Maunder during filming of 1973 TV drama One of Those People that Live in the World.
Kindly supplied by Lynton Diggle.
