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Film Review

Film Review The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2001 Edited by Jeffrey Rubin, M.D. I want to thank Dr. Galdi for her gracious invitation to be the editor of this new section of the Journal. It is certainly fitting that we include psychoanalytically ori- ented film reviews in our journal. Our Institute has long supported the use of literature, theater, and films as vehi- cles for understanding character dynamics. Horney set this precedent in her books and papers where she frequently used literary allusions as illustrative examples of certain dynamic forces. In that tradition, the Institute used to regularly sponsor courses at the New School for Social Research in which literary characters were “analyzed” from a Horneyan perspective. For many years as well, the Association has sponsored a Friday night film program where classic films were shown, fol- lowed by discussions about the characters and dynamic factors at work in the mate- rial. I felt it most fitting that Dr. Gene Papowitz contribute the inaugural review for this section since Dr. Papowitz was for many years a corner stone of that film series and also led a number of film discussions at faculty retreats. And what more appro- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1023/A:1010206404341
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Abstract

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2001 Edited by Jeffrey Rubin, M.D. I want to thank Dr. Galdi for her gracious invitation to be the editor of this new section of the Journal. It is certainly fitting that we include psychoanalytically ori- ented film reviews in our journal. Our Institute has long supported the use of literature, theater, and films as vehi- cles for understanding character dynamics. Horney set this precedent in her books and papers where she frequently used literary allusions as illustrative examples of certain dynamic forces. In that tradition, the Institute used to regularly sponsor courses at the New School for Social Research in which literary characters were “analyzed” from a Horneyan perspective. For many years as well, the Association has sponsored a Friday night film program where classic films were shown, fol- lowed by discussions about the characters and dynamic factors at work in the mate- rial. I felt it most fitting that Dr. Gene Papowitz contribute the inaugural review for this section since Dr. Papowitz was for many years a corner stone of that film series and also led a number of film discussions at faculty retreats. And what more appro-

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Published: Oct 3, 2004

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