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The Irrational Man If I'd been a script Therapist for Abe Lucas

THE IRRATIONAL MAN
If I’d Been The Script Therapist
For Abe Lucas

July 26, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Woody Allen’s new film, The Irrational Man, gives us a troubled philosophy professor, Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix), in an existential crisis. Although Abe is an expert in Existentialism, he can’t live its system of belief. He’d have to find meaning in his life and live it to its fullest, in spite of its limits (or …

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If I’d Been The Script Therapist
For Abe Lucas
Camus's Sisyphus Versus Woody Allen's Irrational Man

CAMUS’S SISYPHUS
Versus WOODY ALLEN’S
IRRATIONAL MAN

July 24, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Albert Camus, best known for his masterpiece novel The Stranger, wrote an entire book (believe it or not) on The Myth Of Sisyphus. Camus’s point is that Sisyphus is happy because he’s accepted his life. This is exactly what Woody Allen’s existential philosophy professor in The Irrational Man can’t find a way to do. He …

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Versus WOODY ALLEN’S
IRRATIONAL MAN
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

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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