Synopsis
Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.
Experimenter (2015) is a 1h 37min drama feature film by Michael Almereyda. Yale University, 1961. Selected for Fantasia International Film Festival (2015).
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Festival History
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2015
- New York Film Festival 2015 generic
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2015 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2015 generic
- Village Voice Film Poll 2015 generic
