sunday film & brunch series
“Marriage and Family on Film”
This four-film series serves as an introduction to the “Marriage and Family
One-Semester Program” to be offered in Spring 2009. Film presentations
are preceded by a light brunch and followed by group discussion led by
CMPS faculty members. Sundays at noon. Free to the public.
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, written and directed by Noah Baumbach,
stars Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels. This drama depicts the disintegration of a
marriage and shows how it affects and transforms each member of the
couple and their two children.
Dr. Sara Sheftel. Sept 21st Noon
IN TREATMENT, HBO’s popular and controversial show, revolves around
Dr. Paul Watson, (Gabriel Byrne.) Using a segment of a session of Amy and
Jake, (portrayed by Embeth Davidtz and Josh Charles.) The seminar compares
and contrasts the therapeutic approach of the fictional Dr. Watson to that
of modern psychoanalysis.
Dr. Eugene Kalin. Oct 19th Noon
SOAP DISH, a film directed by Michael Hoffman, is a comic farce starring
Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robert Downey Jr. Following
Freud’s belief that the goal of analysis is to help individuals be successful in
love and in work, this delightful film illustrates the many possible resistances
to achieving this goal.
Dr. Dolores & Mr. Robert Welber. Dec 7th Noon
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, 2007 Oscar nominated film written by Nancy
Oliver (from HBO’s psychoanalytically savvy Six Feet Under), traces the development
of an isolated young man whose early abandonment conflicts are
suddenly re-aroused. Lars grapples with disavowed feelings of pain and loneliness
with the help of an entire community that metaphorically represents both
family and treatment. The story affirms the power and necessity of family
in the maturation process.
Dr. Barbara D’Amato. Jan 18th 2009 Noon
RSVP necessary, 212-260-7050 email: cmps@cmps.edu
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