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Well said Barbara. My comment about Hanks' hand tremor "not feeling right" from a psycological point of view will go down as one of the dumbest things I have said ...in at least a day. It reminds me of the time when President Bush fainted and lost his lunch in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister during a State dinner in Japan...as Bush said later..."It was just so darn embarassing!" ____ In a message dated 98-07-28 19:19:02 EDT, you write: >Subj: Re: At the movies >Date: 98-07-28 19:19:02 EDT >From: [log in to unmask] (Barbara Mallut) >Sender: [log in to unmask] (Parkinson's Information Exchange) >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (Parkinson's Information Exchange) >To: [log in to unmask] (Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN) > >I too saw "Saving Private Ryan," and thought it to be one of the most >outstanding films I've seen in a long time. > >While I'm not a psychologist or an MD, I concluded that the Tom Hanks >character was suffering from a reaction to unrelenting stress, coupled by >unrelenting fear - the deep intensity of which he buried much of the time >under a veneer of tough, yet reasonably calm authority in most situations. > >Wiht the near constant stressful state must have also come a rush in >adrenaline and possibly an drain on the dopamine system. > >No doubt this was coupled by a lack of restful sleep as well (uh DUH, not a >surprise, considering that the film is set right in the middle of the >battlegrounds in which the final great battles of World War II were fought!) > >I think all THAT would make ANYONE'S hand shake! > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] > >