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Gravity Grave Losses Fight or Flight?

GRAVITY
Grave Losses: Fight or Flight?

August 1, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Life In Space Is Impossible What kind of beautiful and terrifying space does Gravity tell us about? The vast reaches of outer space, to be sure. Alfonso Cuaron’s film, Gravity, is a cinematographically beautiful cliffhanger of a space odyssey. Yet, there is a compelling psychological subtext: the gravity of Dr. Ryan Stone’s unresolved grief. What …

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