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Entries Tagged as 'Psychoanalysis'

Return To Oz (1985)

November 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Synopsis
Dorothy Gale (Fairuza Balk) lies in bed unable to sleep. Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) confides to Uncle Henry (Matt Clark) that it’s been six months since the tornado, and all the girl does is talk about some place that doesn’t exist. On their farm in turn of the century Kansas, Dorothy finds a key [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on book · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis · Sequel

Garden State (2004)

August 25th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Synopsis
Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) receives a message from his estranged father that his mother has died. Wrapped in a cocoon of anti-depressant drugs, a sterile Los Angeles apartment and a thankless job waiting tables at a chic Vietnamese restaurant, “Large” returns to suburban New Jersey for the funeral. Confiding to his icy [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Father/son relationship · Music · Psychoanalysis · Unconventional romance

Dressed to Kill (1980)

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
Synopsis
Resorting to a fantasy in which a stranger accosts her in the shower, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) gets through a thoroughly unsatisfying round of sex with her husband. Revealing this to her psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine), she’s advised to think about where her anger is going and [...]

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Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Mother/son relationship · Murder mystery · Museums and galleries · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Rated X · Train · Woman in jeopardy

Memento (2001)

July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis
“So where are you? You’re in some motel room. You just, you just wake up and you’re in a motel room,” narrates Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) as he tries to figure out what he’s doing in the motel. Lenny meets Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) and is able to remember that this is a [...]

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Tags: Based on short story · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Paranoia · Prostitute · Psychoanalysis