Movie Mania
Friday night movies hosted by the charming Charles Zapf, M.D., followed by discussions and psychoanalytic perspectives
In conjunction with the Institute, the Psychoanalytic Studies Program and the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, films are presented on the Emory campus. An analyst or analytic candidate provides a psychoanalytic discussion of the film.
Movie Mania is presented by the Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute, the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, Inc. and the Emory University Psychoanalytic Studies Program. Movies are shown on Friday nights, starting at 7:30pm in White Hall, Room 205 on the Emory Campus. There is no admission charge and no reservations are required. We do ask that you arrive promptly and donations are accepted. For further information, please call 404-727-5886
Upcoming Movies:
Nov. 9, 2007: Behind the Lines
(Regeneration)
Discussant: Nora Dougherty, DSW
This film, based on Pat Barker's novel, is about soldiers of WW I, who
are sent to an asylum for emotional wounds. Their treatment mirrors the
transition of Britain into the 20th century with all the baggage of
imperial pretensions and prejudices.
Nov 30, 2007: Northfork
Discussant: Jane Yates, PhD
The small town of Northfork is being evacuated to make way for a
hydro-electric dam. In an orphanage is Father Harlan who gently tends
to
Irwin, an eight year old who lies between a dreamstate and death.
Jan 25, 2008: The Lives of Others
(Leben der Anderen, Das)
Discussant: Yudit Jung, Ph.D.
East Germany in the mid-eighties is a time of wiretapping by the Stasi,
but there are also many who oppose it. Can listening in to the
conversations of others change your own beliefs?
*Invited Guests - members of the Goethe Institute, German Cultural
Center
Feb 8, 2008: Lady in the Dark
Discussant: Peery Grant, MD
Originally a play and then a TV presentation in 1954, this is the story
of the analysis of an emotionally scared woman, illustrating the
connection between the mind and a person's actions.
Feb 22, 2008: Searching for Bobby
Fischer
Discussant: Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes, Ph.D.
A typical American boy learns to play competitive chess; his natural
talent attracts a variety of mentors and leads to the challenges of
moving into national competition.
March 7, 2008: The Trial
Discussant: John Nardo, MD
Based on Franz Kafka's novel, Joseph K. awakens one morning to find two
men in his room telling him he has been arrested. He isn't informed
what
he is charged with, and remains free and able to go to work.
March 28, 2008: Avenue Montaigne
(Fauteuils d'Orchestra)
Discussants: Peter Williams, PhD and Charles Zapf, MD
The lives of four people in Paris are followed and eventually converge,
as each tries to reconcile their own happiness and wealth.
*Invited Guests - members of the C.G. Jung Society of Atlanta
Previous movies include:
Shawshank Redemption
January
26, 2007
Mary Grace Duncan, J.D., Ph.D.
Brokeback Mountain
February 9, 2007
Ralph Roughton,
M.D.
Munich
March 2, 2007
Paul Trudeau,
Ph.D., and Edward Leader, M.D.
Finding Home
March 23, 2007
George Ganaway,
M.D.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror and
selected scenes from Disney's Snow White
January 13, 2006
Michael Bain, MD
Everybody Wins
February 3, 2006
George Ganaway, MD
Pollock
March 3, 2006
Nora Dougherty-Zee, DSW
On The Waterfront
March 31, 2006
Steven Levy, MD
Marnie
April 21, 2006
Elissa Marder, PhD
