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mtmurmur: June 2009
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As of February, Film Pieces will appear at murmurandshout, see link. Sunday, June 7, 2009. Chekhov and Marx: the Riddle of "A Woman's Kingdom". Many of Chekhov’s titles appear at first to highlight in a literal sense some obvious aspect of what the stories describe. Afterward, the seemingly straightforward title can be understood as a contradiction and comment on the previous understanding and its inherent assumptions, becoming the instantiation of an entirely new and different point of view. In this sen...
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mtmurmur: April 2009
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As of February, Film Pieces will appear at murmurandshout, see link. Saturday, April 11, 2009. 8220;… angels have no memory. 8221; “Margaret, he has no eyes, no eyes! 8221; “They’re closed.” “Do they have feet; do they need them; his wings don’t move; how will he get around to do his miracles? How will he know where to go if he can’t see? 8221; “Roberta, they’re angels; they just know.” “Why isn’t there a button to bring back the color? How could it never have color? 8221; "… to us there is no evil.
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mtmurmur: January 2010
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As of February, Film Pieces will appear at murmurandshout, see link. Saturday, January 30, 2010. I love the forest—the smell of eucalyptus, the sound of bird wings rustling into silence like a deck of cards shuffled in one hand, and the scattered shimmer of light: long, bright blind fingers reading their way across the moss-covered floor. She is at my side, or I at hers—either way we are together. Here I can be myself,” she calls out to me from the center of the darkness below. Her shadow rolls across th...
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murmurandshout: November 2013
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Thursday, November 28, 2013. In All is Lost. This film is such a fully realized artwork that one becomes oblivious to the absence of dialogue, of longing, of remembered history, of story as any narrative sequence. Most importantly All is Lost. Is not a chara...
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murmurandshout: Amour
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Whose Love is it anyway? The much discussed and greatly heralded most recent Michael Haneke film, Amour. Strikes us as much misunderstood by the daily reviewers. For Anne, love is mastery; for Georges, love is ceaseless interacti...
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murmurandshout: Like Someone in Love
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Friday, April 5, 2013. Like Someone in Love. One of the many remarkable achievements shown in Abbas Kiarostami’s recent film, Like Someone in Love,. Is a theme that plays out in several complex ways, that both mingle and diverge, support and contradict.
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murmurandshout: December 2008
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Thursday, December 11, 2008. Henri is forever blamed for the death of the brother he never knew. Junon claims to dislike Henri and the feelings are mutual, but nothing so severe that anyone need really be troubled by it. Henri is a pint-sized changel...Every...
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murmurandshout: Samson
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Sunday, November 2, 2008. The other encounter is with his cellmate Malina whose decisions all exemplify adaptation. He embezzled funds to pay for his son’s medical care, knowing he was committing a crime and gladly accepting the punishment. He ...Where Pankr...
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murmurandshout: January 2013
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ABOUT FILM- M T Murphy is a visual artist and J J Goldberg is a Jungian Psychoanalyst. We interpret films by focusing on two key elements: an exploration of the imagery of narrative and a consideration of the psychological dynamics which it portrays. Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Whose Love is it anyway? The much discussed and greatly heralded most recent Michael Haneke film, Amour. Strikes us as much misunderstood by the daily reviewers. For Anne, love is mastery; for Georges, love is ceaseless interacti...