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Psychology of the Oscars Best Picture Nominees 2015

PSYCHOLOGY OF THE OSCARS
Best Picture Nominees 2015

February 23, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Each time I watch a film, my psychoanalyst’s mind begins to construct the same kinds of understandings I might give to my patients. Here is a recap of my psychological thoughts on tonight’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees 2015 and a few other notable films. 2015 has been a great year for actors and directors at …

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Best Picture Nominees 2015
Boyhood Feeling Stuff is the Point of Life

BOYHOOD
Feeling Stuff is the Point of Life

January 5, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s beautiful new film, is so compellingly real it’s easy to forget we aren’t watching a 12-year documentary of an actual family. With deft cinematic strokes, Linklater melds one phase of this family’s life. And Mason’s (Ellar Coltrane) journey through adolescence from ages 6 – 18, moves seamlessly into the next. Yet, Linklater’s …

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Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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