Film and Mind Online: Closer
December 10, 2021, 8:30 - 10:00 PM
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(1h, 44m) With Closer (2004), director Mike Nichols is still just as fascinated by couples’ tenuous relationships as he was in his renowned Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) some forty years earlier. Except that Closer is far more open-ended than WAVW. Interpreted by a no less remarkable cast (Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Clive Owen), Closer is calling for psychoanalysts' variegated interpellations, as it features four complex protagonists—hence six potential relationships—and a virtuoso set of matching crisscrossing couples’ crosscut breakups. (Just the same, feel free to experience Closer as a relationship “horror flick.”)
As you privately screen the film before our film event, you might want to be prepared to discuss which character (and which couple) might benefit the most from therapy, which character you would like to see on your couch, as well as which character seems “unanalyzable.” Presentation with film excerpts, followed by Q&A.
*Available on Apple+ (rent or purchase) or on Amazon Prime (subscription). See link below.
Registration will be open until 4:30 PM on the day of the event. We cannot take registrations after this time.
Schedule
*** All times listed are Pacific Time (PT)
DISCUSSION: 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM - We will hear from our discussants and explore the film together.
We will not watch the film together prior to the discussion. Participants should watch the film beforehand or begin screening on their own on Amazon Prime (subscription) or Apple+ (rent or purchase) before 6:45 pm PST.
1.5 CE/CME credits
Learning Objectives:
As a result of attending this session, participants should be able to:
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Discuss the use of fiction as a locus of rich psychoanalytic speculation in the deconstruction of relationships
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Explain the psychoanalytic practice diagnostic (cf. N. McWilliams, et al.) regarding character formation, suggested therapeutic practice, and questions of analyzability
Discussant:
Alain J.-J. Cohen, PhD
Professor of Comparative Literature and Film Studies at the University of California, San Diego, where he has spent his career, Alain J.-J. Cohen has a pluri-disciplinary and multi-national formation in clinical and theoretical psychoanalysis (from Freud and Lacan to today’s multiple schools of psychoanalysis), film studies, the history and analysis of cinema, aesthetics and philosophy, literary theory, semiotics (C.S. Peirce, A.-J. Greimas, to the present), and art history. Through his teaching and research, Cohen has been dedicated to the dissemination of (1) psychoanalysis, (2) cinema studies, and (3) semiotics. His compelling presentations have drawn the attention of academic and psychoanalytic audiences worldwide. More about Dr. Cohen and a list of his publications available here: https://literature.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/ajjcohen.html
Discussion Moderator: Thomas M. Brod, MD. Dr. Brod coordinates the NCP Film & Mind Program with Apurva Shah, MD.
Target audience: Mental health professionals and open to the public interested in psychoanalytic perspectives. Open to members and the community.
Level: Every level.
1.5 CE/CME Credits
$15 with CE Credit
$7 without Credit
This is an online event. What you need to know:
- Register below and you will get an email with the Zoom link. The Zoom link will also be sent on the day of the event after 4:30 PM.
- You can join other attendees to watch the film "together" (in your own home) at 6:30 pm and even silently comment in the Zoom Meeting “chat” function, or watch it on your own beforehand.
- The discussion will start at 8:30 pm in the Zoom Meeting room. Participants should watch the film on their own before joining.
- We cannot provide technical support for the viewing of the movie, but will be in the Zoom meeting to help facilitate the discussion.
Where to get the movie:
"How do I get my CE/CME Credit?"
- Pre-Register below
- If you are registering for the first time you will receive a welcome email. You must follow the directions in this email to complete your registration in order to access your certificates.
- Sign in and sign out during the event (by typing your full name into the chat). This is how we record your attendance at the event.
- Wait 2 business days
- Download your Certificate on the NCP website
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s)* to disclose with ineligible companies* whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
*Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
-Updated July 2021-
PHYSICIANS: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of American Psychoanalytic Association and The New Center for Psychoanalysis. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”
The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: The New Center for Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The New Center for Psychoanalysis maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologist must report CE credits directly to MCEP using this document to verify attendance. Please note that a Psychologist must attend the CE program in its entirety in order to receive credit.
SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE and FAMILY THERAPISTS (LCSW, LMFT, ASW, IMF, LEP, LPCC, PCCI): The New Center for Psychoanalysis is a continuing education provider that has been approved by the American Psychological Association, a California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognized approval agency