Eugene Landy
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Eugene Ellsworth Landy was an American psychologist known for his controversial 24-hour therapy program and treatment of celebrity clients. Landy's regimen involved supervising and micromanaging his client's life with a team of counselors and doctors. His most notable patient was the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, with whom he formed a business and creative partnership in the 1980s.
Landy (right) with patient Brian Wilson, 1976
Love & Mercy (film)
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Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Bill Pohlad about the Beach Boys' co-founder and leader Brian Wilson and his struggles with mental illness during the 1960s and 1980s. It stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as the young and middle-aged Wilson, respectively, with Elizabeth Banks as his second wife Melinda Ledbetter and Paul Giamatti as his psychologist Dr. Eugene Landy. The title comes from Wilson's 1988 song of the same name.
Brian Wilson as he appeared in 1966
16 mm film shot by an Arri 16SR3 camera was used to give the movie's 1960s setting a period-authentic feel
Wilson stated after watching the film: "I thought the actors that portrayed me were well casted ... but they laid pretty heavy on the dark parts of my life, you know? So the movie overall was a bad experience for me to see, but there were good parts."