Flatliners (2017): In the border between life and Death

<p><em>Flatliners </em>(2017) is a science fiction horror film. Directed by Niels Arden, as a remake of the original from 1990´s film. Starring renowned actors such as Ellen Page, Kiefer Sutherland and Diego Luna. The film shows the life of five medical students and the thrive to s...

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Main Authors: José Patricio NOVELO PÉREZ, Edgar ESCALANTE LUCERO, Rodolfo Pedro MOLINA MARTÍNEZ, Rosendo HERNANDEZ PERERA, Martín INURRETA DÍAZ, Nina MÉNDEZ DOMÍNGUEZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2019-09-01
Series:Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/21189
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Summary:<p><em>Flatliners </em>(2017) is a science fiction horror film. Directed by Niels Arden, as a remake of the original from 1990´s film. Starring renowned actors such as Ellen Page, Kiefer Sutherland and Diego Luna. The film shows the life of five medical students and the thrive to study the immediate brain activity after death. To achieve this goal, they stop their heart rate and deprive their brain from oxygen, in the meantime, and with the use of state-of-the-art equipment they are being monitored, seeking for never seen before brain activity. The film to a horror film when, after being brought back from the death they experience paranormal activity, which makes our stars, seek for forgiveness from past experiences in their personal life. During the film we can observe different aspects related to the medical field, different points of view from the medical staff regarding cardiopulmonary reanimation, according to their education and medical guidelines follow thru the medical err and how this affects the daily life of the medical practitioner.</p>
ISSN:1885-5210