Jung Center of Houston presents the Film and Psychoanalysis series. Thursday, May 15 featuring the film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
In a straightforward way, this film is about a six year-old girl who lives with her father in southern Louisiana in a bayou community called The Bathtub. When a major storm threatens, and the residents are told to evacuate, they refuse and weather through it by partying.
But the film is more than that; seen through a child’s eyes, it is a fusion of fantastic, magical, and mythical meanings, along with the very real meanings and events. It is like a fairy tale
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Jung Center of Houston presents the Film and Psychoanalysis series. Thursday, May 15 featuring the film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
In a straightforward way, this film is about a six year-old girl who lives with her father in southern Louisiana in a bayou community called The Bathtub. When a major storm threatens, and the residents are told to evacuate, they refuse and weather through it by partying.
But the film is more than that; seen through a child’s eyes, it is a fusion of fantastic, magical, and mythical meanings, along with the very real meanings and events. It is like a fairy tale in which the heroine sees herself as the last of her kind, her father as a dying king, bequeathing his realm to her. He has taught her to be resourceful and strong and trusts that she will survive.
By the end, we see the film is about strength, the persistence required to survive inevitable change, and the need for humans to accommodate whatever beasts—real or fantastic—may threaten.
Donna Copeland is a clinical psychologist with numerous publications in that field. She currently covers film and feature material for the Texas Art and Film website (www.texasartfilm.com).
No preregistrations or reservations are necessary — seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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