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- Hollywood Ending (2002) Those familiar with Woody Allen’s filmography (and biography) know how much psychology matters for him; a lot of his movies include references to psychoanalysis and feature mentally problematic characters.
- Spider (2002) David Cronenberg is known for his weird body-horror movies and a peculiar taste both for the mutations of the human flesh and disorders of the brain.
- Matchstick Men (2003) British director Ridley Scott certainly is not known for his comedies, in fact he hasn’t directed more than a couple of them. One is the adaption of Eric Garcia’s novel of the same name, “Matchstick Men”.
- Margot at the Wedding (2007) Noah Baumbach is an independent director with a preference for dramatic comedies. “Margot at the Wedding” is no exception and gives a good example of Baumbach’s style; he likes essential plots that allow him to concentrate the attention on the personalities of his characters.
Somatic is a psychological thriller film that was released in 2016. The movie is directed by Justin Oakey and stars Siobhan Finneran, Billie Fulford-Brown, Daniel Ings and Aidan O'Callaghan. The movie is set in London and follows the life of a young woman named Holly (played by Billie Fulford-Brown), who is a ballet dancer in a prestigious ...
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- Will Nash
In this film, guided by the living processes of somatic movement and creative arts engagements, where somatic means acting from the body ‘as perceived from within’, and which emphasizes our inborn ability for internal perception, I propose to bring the role of feeling alongside the thinking processes and engage in more embodied ways of ...
- Making and Preserving History
- Trying to Uncover The Truth
- A Conclusion: Film on Film
It is the assertion of Dr Robert Briggs, at the outset of the film, that through cloning technology “we can make and preserve history”. Through a five part sequence, over ten minutes, something unfolds on the screen. Something. A semblance of documentary, models poised on the brink of stop motion, a medical consultation, an operation and the emerge...
Dr. Robert Briggs speaks directly to the camera from the medical corps archives of 1943. It’s an analogue camera. Or rather, I suspect, a digital film where the flickering countdown, glitches, and intrusions on the print have been determined to give that low res, 1940s analogue feel. It works beautifully, as do Briggs’ mannerisms and paralysed expr...
This is a film about making history, yet we seem compelled to try and emulate our old technologies with our new ones, as though digital media needs supplementing somehow to make it palatable. The young George is emulated…but will he be loved in the same old way? Or are we trapped in the past, in a time warp from which we can never advance? Ultimate...
There are hundreds of extremely worthy films that have been made over the years that deal with the issue of mental illness, but these ones are fantastic and (in most cases) very educational. They deal with issues across a broad spectrum of mental illnesses, disorders, and clinical psychoses.
Jul 28, 2019 · In this chapter, I sketch out my idea of somatic film, that is, film for which the immediate stimulation of the body is essential. The first part, Somatic Reactions, Somatic Interpretations, is my attempt to shed light on the way bodily reactions are produced by films.
Somatic Films is a videography company dedicated to creating visual stories, especially within health and medicine. We show the beauty of healing at its very core.
