A Memoir in Movies
– an ongoing project –
A Mirror Box is an instrument used in therapy, often for amputees experiencing phantom pain. By watching the reflection of their healthy limb in the position of the one they have lost, subjects can often alleviate the pain they feel in the phantom limb.
In the Mirrorbox series, I want to look at how film, and the other arts, reflect back to us something we see as missing, or not present enough, in our lives, allowing us to experience ourselves as more complete.
Mirrorbox combines memoir with film criticism by examining films important to me, for whatever reason, at different moments in my life. Links will appear here, as they are published. Upcoming essays consider 2001: A Space Odyssey, Battle in Heaven, Last Tango in Paris, and Exorcist 2: The Heretic.
There Will Be No More Tears in Harpur Palate
Regiment in Passengers Journal
The Stain in Drunk Monkeys
I See a Darkness in Drunk Monkeys
Body of Trust in Passengers
Peace and Noise in Entropy
Wheel of Sleep in CRAFT Literary
Exorcism by Proxy in Drunk Monkeys
The Problem with the Head in Medium
