The cover of the DVD release shows the images of the eponymous character's faces.

David and Lisa (1962) is a low-budget film directed by Frank Perry, often cited as one of his best works. Based on the novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, the screenplay, written by Frank Perry's wife Eleanor, tells the story of a bright young man suffering from a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This lands him in a residential treatment center, in which he meets a girl with dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder, and often mistakenly called "schizophrenia") called Lisa, whom he learns to understand. Image File history File links This is a DVD cover. ... Image File history File links This is a DVD cover. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Frank Perry (born August 21, 1930 - died August 29, 1995) was an American stage and film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Theodore Isaac Rubin (born April 11, 1923) is an American psychiatrist and author. ... Dissociative identity disorder is a diagnosis described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Revised, as the existence in an individual of two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. ...

The film is shot entirely in black-and-white, and it runs for 93 minutes. Shooting it cost US$183,000, and it made over US$1,000,000 in rentals on its first week. Black-and-white (or variations including Black and White) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... This article is about general United States currency. ...

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Plot

The film starts as David Clemens (Keir Dullea) is brought to a residential treatment center by his apparently caring mother. He becomes very upset when one of the inmates brushes his hand, as he believes touches can kill him. Cold and distant, he mainly concentrates on his studies, especially that of clocks, which he appears to be obsessed with. We later learn that he has a recurring dream in which he murders people by means of a giant clock. Keir Dullea (born May 30, 1936) is an actor best remembered for his role as astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984s 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ... A wall clock A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time and for measuring time intervals of less than a day—as opposed to a calendar. ...

He meets Lisa Brandt (Janet Margolin), a girl who has two personalities: one of them, Lisa, can only speak in rhymes, while the other, Muriel, cannot speak, but only write. David befriends her by talking to her in rhymes. Following an argument with his mother when she comes to visit him, his parents decide he should leave the place. After staying at their house for a short time, David runs away and goes back to the residential treatment center, where he is allowed to stay. He has a small argument with Lisa, and she takes the train to the city, unnoticed by anyone. Janet Margolin was born in New York City on July 25, 1943. ...

In the final scene, David, who realizes she would go back to a museum in which she had embraced a statue before, finds her. Lisa appears to be cured and doesn't need to rhyme anymore, and David allows her to hold his hand on the way back.

External links

• David and Lisa (1962) at the Internet Movie Database
• David and Lisa (1998) (TV) at the Internet Movie Database
• DVD review of film