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Marriage Story Could This Marriage Have Been Saved If So Then How

MARRIAGE STORY
Could This Marriage Be Saved?
If Yes, Then How?

January 22, 2020 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

It’s a very sad Marriage Story. Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver) haven’t stopped loving each other. But, Nicole doesn’t know how to do their marriage anymore. The only answer seems to be divorce. Yet, is it? Noah Baumbach’s film, in all its unearthing of the many deeper questions not yet answered, shows us …

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Could This Marriage Be Saved?
If Yes, Then How?
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HER
Fantasy Relationship 3.0

August 1, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Spike Jonze is interested in loneliness. His new film, Her, is a semi-futuristic exploration of one lonely man’s struggle to learn what love is and what love is not. Here’s what we know about Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix). He has a broken heart. His marriage to Catherine has come to a devastatingly sad end. At BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com, …

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Fantasy Relationship 3.0

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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