I wasn’t able to work. That meant I had more time to work on our latest film, “Snow White, Rose Red, and the Little Capitalist.” I’ve also had time to revisit screenplay projects. It’s been exciting to have uninterrupted time to work on larger narratives. It’ been joyful working on these longer mythic feature scripts alongside the short form filmmaking.
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Update from Psyche’s Cinema – March 2024 – What we’re learning
Turns out that studying theatre is a great preparation for working with dreams and #fairytales. Marie Louise Von Franz outlines fairy tales by listing the dramatis personae, scenes, and peripeteias. I love her structured approach!
Update from Psyche’s Cinema – February 2024
Time for another update from Psyche’s Cinema – February 2024! Fairy tales in daily life It’s unfortunate and ironic that the word “myth” is associated with falsehood. I learned years ago (from scholar Joseph Campbell) that myths describe the greatest truths in symbol and metaphor. Likewise, wedding magazines use the…
News from Psyches Cinema – January 2024
Happy New Year. Wishing you peace and/or transformation (one then the other?) in 2024. Our year is starting with lots of news from Psyches Cinema – January 2024. Have you seen Dr. Joanna Gardner’s penetrating analysis of Dumpling? We’re not saying this is the only way to understand this film…