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Blue Jasmine How Unreal Can A Character Become

BLUE JASMINE
Why A Character Is Unreal

July 31, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

What happened to Woody Allen in his film Blue Jasmine? This prolific filmmaker is well known for creating quirkily neurotic yet lovable characters—even characters with depth. However Jasmine French, the lead character in Allen’s latest film Blue Jasmine isn’t one of them. Jasmine, a Chanel-clad, Park Avenue socialite whose gilded life is unraveling before her, is …

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Why A Character Is Unreal
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Can Ruthlessness and Empathy Coexist?

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Can Violence & Empathy Coexist?

July 31, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

I grip my armrests. As Captain Phillips begins, the theater becomes the USS Maersk Alabama. We, the audience, are the crew, stormed by Somali pirates bent on winning their power battle no matter what. It’s terrifying, and Paul Greengrass’s riveting documentary-style film Captain Phillips makes that terror almost unbearable. But there’s more to the film than …

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Can Violence & Empathy Coexist?
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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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