Das Experiment (2002)

Twenty men sign up to be human guinea pigs in a two-week prison experiment -- some are assigned as guards, some as prisoners. Amazing how quickly the subjects fell into their roles of aggressors and victims. It was tense and seemed possible while I was watching, but once I switched it off I found myself mentally explaining why it could never happen, because people are decent, everyone knew it was "fake," etc.

I was shocked to find that it actually DID happen in a 1971 Stanford experiment -- just as quickly and nearly as violently as portrayed in the film. Fascinating.

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