In this autobiographical film from first-time director Celine Song, a moving performance by Greta Lee anchors a story about an artist and immigrant who is coming to terms with what, and who, she has left behind. It is notable that PAST LIVES (2023, 106 min) was released on the heels of a global pandemic, which informs the meanings of the hope for (and impossibility of) reunion at the center of the story.
In this class, we’ll use psychoanalytic concepts to examine the central themes permeating this film: dislocation and assimilation. Freud’s ideas about melancholia and mourning will be used to understand the impact of immigration on racial-ethnic identity.
This class is taught by guest instructors Francoise Eipper MD and Alice Huang MD of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center. Fran and Alice are psychoanalysts and lovers of film. There will be a concurrent course offered through OPC that you can find here.
Class size will be limited to 18.
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