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Heartbeat in the Brain

Heartbeat in the Brain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1970

Runtime

0h 12m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

Heartbeat in the Brain

Director

Amanda Feilding

Description

Heartbeat in the Brain is a 1970 documentary film produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie.