The Shrink Stays In The Picture
Why has the on-screen therapy session become a staple of film and TV?
The psychoanalyst has been a staple of movies since the days of Hitchcock — this week’s new release, “Shrink,” was actually one of two therapist-in-crisis films at Sundance this year. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at why psychologist sessions are an actor’s best friend, whether they’re inherently uncinematic and and how on-screen therapy might be better suited to TV.
Download: MP3, 39:37 minutes, 36.3 MB
Subscribe to the podcast: [iTunes] [XML]
Tags:
analysis,
Kevin Spacey,
Ordinary People,
psychiatrist,
psychologist,
Raging Bull,
Shrink,
Sopranos,
Sundance 2009,
The Sopranos,
therapist,
Therapy?,
Three Faces of Eve,
Woody Allen
You must be logged into Comment
http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/07/the-shrink-stays-in-the-pictur
The Shrink Stays In The Picture
type:title
title:the-shrink-stays-in-the-picture
articles
type:post-type
post-type:articles
Alison Willmore
type:author
author:alison-willmore
Podcasts
type:category
category:podcasts
analysis
type:post-tag
post-tag:analysis
Kevin Spacey
post-tag:kevin-spacey
Ordinary People
post-tag:ordinary-people
psychiatrist
post-tag:psychiatrist
psychologist
post-tag:psychologist
Raging Bull
post-tag:raging-bull
Shrink
post-tag:shrink
Sopranos
post-tag:sopranos
Sundance 2009
post-tag:sundance-2009
The Sopranos
post-tag:the-sopranos
therapist
post-tag:therapist
Therapy?
post-tag:therapy
Three Faces of Eve
post-tag:three-faces-of-eve
Woody Allen
post-tag:woody-allen
auto-tagged
-
Newest
comment-stream
childrenof:http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/07/the-shrink-stays-in-the-pictur
reverseChronological
-
Oldest
comment-stream
childrenof:http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/07/the-shrink-stays-in-the-pictur
chronological
-
Most Replied
comment-stream
childrenof:http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/07/the-shrink-stays-in-the-pictur
repliesDescending
-
Most Liked
comment-stream
childrenof:http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/07/the-shrink-stays-in-the-pictur
likesDescending
Comments(
)
Track premiere: Good Old War “It Hurts Every Time”
Lost Memories: Our 10 favorite amnesia movies
Call-In Commentary: Watch the “Rampart” trailer with writer-director Oren Moverman
The rise of the film critic filmmaker
