ABSTRACT
The realm of the visual is much more diverse, and is evolving constantly, both in scientific observation in general and in medicine in particular. This chapter examines the first coincidence of interests between film and medicine, namely that they both lean heavily on the visual. Isolating and studying the visual element of films is a fairly obligatory exercise for anyone who wants to acquire any kind of depth of understanding about how cinema works. And just as the deconstruction of cinematic visuality is helpful in film studies, so the deconstruction of the human body into a series of images is invaluable in the practice of medicine. The second coincidence is that both film and medicine, generally speaking, have an overriding interest in narrative. The chapter also examines the shots and editing and mise en scene in scenes from The Doctor in order to better understand the film's story.
