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Anthony Hopkins previously played CS
Narrative
Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud invites Professor C.S. Lewis to discuss the existence of God, Freud’s unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother. Lewis in Shadowland (1993) 30 years before this film. Lewis is studying the Gospels when a woman who appears to be his wife invites him to bed. The film is set in 1939, but Lewis was married to Joy Davidman Gresham until 1956.
Variations on an Original Theme, op
The woman was actually Janie Moore, with whom Lewis lived until 1949. [last lines] Sigmund Freud: From Error to Error All Truth Is Revealed. .. aired on The 7PM Project: 2024 April 19 series (2024). 36, Variation 9 Enigma: Nimrod by Edward Elgar Performed by Symfonický orkestas Slovenského rozhlas (as Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) & Adrian Leaper (conductor) licensed to Naxos Music UK Ltd.
“Freud’s Last Session”; this is a big disappointment for me
This fictional encounter between pioneer psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and writer C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) in the days of World War II, when the first German bombers arrive in England, challenges the audience to question what they are trying to find out, challenging themselves about human nature and whether God exists. or not (Freud is an atheist; Lewis is a Christian). Adapted from Matt Brown’s play, the material translates poorly to the screen, not allowing 15 minutes for the two characters to be alone in their session without going back and forth between some backstory for each character or some present-day situation involving the threat of a bombing or Freud’s ill health that needs constant maintenance. a daughter about whom we have tense revelations about her relationship with her domineering father.
It’s expected to be a psychoanalysis session, not a weird conversation between famous authors with opposing views
And they tried so hard to build a plot around that character and her secretary, it was uncomfortable – especially when you know that while Freud didn’t condemn homosexuality as a moral issue, he didn’t want them around (read Paul Roazen working on it). For God’s sake, since it wasn’t actually a session, I still have no idea what Lewis was doing there. The verbal duels are the moments we look forward to, there are so many interesting twists and turns between them, but mostly it all falls flat because either the dialogue isn’t that great; the editing makes it feel like a tennis match – there’s not a single moment for any monologue or any plot sequence; and the constant detours from past moments to try to build character or show backstory, but it’s all distracting and boring. A film that contains such ideals and challenges about humanity, God, faith and human relationships, and against or for all that has to have some coherence in the plot and dialogue to create something that we, the audience, can question ourselves or about what we don’t think. You have to create some excitement, even if the issues aren’t that exciting (for some), and stay in the "boring" format of the game without distractions.
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If there is a play and film adaptation that perfectly conveyed such feelings, then it is The Sunset Limited with Samuel L. The simplicity of the plot when it resides in the room of a small apartment and the brilliance of the complex dialogue becomes a fascinating and incredible experience. Hopkins and Goode do not share the same dynamic, although they are good performers.
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