I've noticed that the theme of people who think they're Napoleon seems to pop up whenever mental illness is mentioned, both in this movie and in the original Dracula. Was this a common disorder back in the 1930's? Was Napoleon a popular historical personality in loony bins back in those days? Does the DSM IV cover this particular disorder?
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Pre-Hitler Napoleon was probably the most well known tyrant, his activities where much more recent memory when these films where made much less when they take place.
However as far as that line showing up twice I think it just suffers from whoever wrote this wanting to recycle dialogue from the previous film.
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Those are pretty damn good points.
Does anyone else think Leatherface looks like Sarah Palin when he puts the lipstick on?
You should watch Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Cary Grant's brother thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt and when Grant tries to have him committed the guy from the asylum says, "This could be a problem because we already have several Theodore Roosevelt's, how about Napoleon?" Or something along those lines. I think it's a relatively common form of schizophrenia to have grandiose delusions and believe you're an important historical figure.
shareNow days a much more common grandiose delusion that befalls certain people (including your truly) in believing that they are film critics.
Believing yourself to be a psychologist can cause madness, too. Even if you really are one.
He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good... St. Matthew 5:45
I don't know, but jokes about 'mad' people who think they are Napoleon were still popular in the 1970s and 1980s. At least here in Europe and in popular (also American) movies.
"It took more than 20 years for nazi's in Hollywood to speak German - sometimes."
<<I don't know, but jokes about 'mad' people who think they are Napoleon were still popular in the 1970s and 1980s. At least here in Europe and in popular (also American) movies.>>
That's because Napoleon is funnier than Hitler.
In "The Shadow" (1994), when Shiwan Khan protests to the doctor that he is the descendant of Genghis Khan, he is ignored because he is in an mental institution. As the doctor walks down the hallway, one man shouts, "I'm Napoleon!" followed by another man shouting, "I am Josephine!"
Yes, the reference remains popular.
Actually, I can't say that I've heard anyone claim to be Hitler. Napoleon seems to be a more~ahem~respectable tyrant. Of course, there aren't many claims for Julius Caesar though you hear a lot of Cleopatra references.
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I remember a line like that in The Exorcist where Father Karras says something to the effect of "your daughter doesn't just say she's a demon; she says she's the devil himself. Now if you've talked to as many psychotics as I have you'd know it's like saying you're Napoleon Bonaparte." So it must be a common delusion among crazy people.
shareSome psychotic people think they are someone else. There is a Finnish movie Prinsessa (The Princess), true story about schizophrenic woman who thought she is an English princess. It was harmless delusion, she didn´t suffer, was never violent, just thought she is a princess.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1428453/
My favorite is still in Highlander III, where McLeod is locked up in an asylum and enlists the help of a Napoleon to escape. He lays it on, calling him Majesty, telling him that he's one of the faithful soldiers. Very brilliant and funny scene.
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