Living on the edge
- Date
1996
- Summary
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This program redefines fear stimuli and explores the fine line between fright and excitement. The rapid evolutionary modification of supposedly hard-wired responses to heights, enclosed spaces, and darkness by the demands of modern living is described, along with the new terrors that have taken their place. But parallel to the desire for safety is the desire for excitement. The risks people willingly take, such as driving recklessly fast, to assert their right to control their own lives and to attain an adrenaline high are also examined.
- Contributors
Lawson, Denis; Klein, Leanne
- Publishers
Wall to Wall Television; Channel Four (Great Britain); Learning Channel (Firm); ITEL (Firm); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
- Genre
Educational television programs
- Subjects
Science, Technology; Science, Technology; City dwellers -- Psychology; Excitation (Physiology); Fear -- Physiological aspects; City and town life -- Psychological aspects
- Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
25 minutes; color
- Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Leanne Klein. Narrator, Denis Lawson. Film editor, James Gold; photographer, Brian McDairmant; music, Paul Englishby; series consultant, Professor Stanton Newman; research, Patricia Dunnett.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089698; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10703; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3178; Catalog Key: alephsys004130979; OCLC: ocn607126576
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: collection staff, users in specific IP Ranges.