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Biographies of sigmund Freud
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| 41 Biographies of sigmund Freud Gay, P. (2006). Freud: A life for our time. New York Norton. Freud: A Life for Our Time is an extensive biography of Sigmund Freud. Reef, C. (2001). Sigmund Freud Pioneer of the mind. New York Houghton Mifflin. Reef’s piercing biography deftly interprets the life of the father of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential men of the 20th century. Though this biography was written for children ages 9 to 12, this book is an excellent read for those wanting a quick, well- written biography. For additional articles, please visit: American Psychoanalytic Association. (n.d.). Recommended resources. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from http://www.teachpsychoanalysis.com/RECOMMENDEDRESOURCES/ tabid/391/Default.aspx FIlmS AnD FIlm-rElAtED rESourcES Gabbard, GO Gabbard, K. (1999). Psychiatry and the cinema (2nd ed. Washington, DC American Psychiatric Association. An invaluable reference tool regarding the depiction of therapy and therapists in film. Redford, R. (Director. (1980). Ordinary people [DVD/VHS]. Available from www.amazon.com.) Ordinary People, starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore, shows us how ordinary individuals and families can come undone by events beyond their control. One reads this book and comes away realizing that strength and weakness are not always what they appear to be. Sometimes the weaker are the stronger after all. Rudavsky, O. (Director. (2006). The treatment [DVD]. (Available from http://movies.yahoo. com/movie/1808746848/buyvideo or see http://www.treatmentmovie.com/.) Based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Menaker. High schoolteacher Jake Singer is at loose ends in New York City and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow Allegra Marshall. Rated PG13. Soderbergh, S. (Director. (1999). The limey [DVD]. (Available from www.amazon.com.) Terrific depiction of the psychological phenomenon of repetition compulsion, starring Peter Fonda and Terence Stamp. Rated R. Zagdansky, A. (Director. (1989). Interpretation of dreams [VHS]. (Available from Facets Multimedia, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614; 773-281-9075; sales@facets. org; or www.facets.org.) Interpretation of Dreams is filmed in Russian with English subtitles. Twentieth-century Russia is the less-than-willing subject of this close psychoanalytic interpretation, inspired by Freud’s book of the same name. Archival and newsreel footage together with commentary employing the psychoanalytic method offer great insights that clarify such cataclysmic events as the rise of Stalin and the Cold War. This acclaimed film has been called truly magical and extraordinary and an astonishing marriage of Freudian thinking and history |