Sigmund's Shorts: Memoirs of a nurse
Join us for the latest in this series of monthly screenings introduced by filmmaker, Esther Toth.
Can there ever be a conclusion of analysis, or is it little more than myth? Do we ever actually get to the bottom of it and then proceed on our own, or would we continue eternally, condemned and blessed like Camus’ Sisyphus?
A hybrid of marionette theater and film, Memoirs of a nurse is the last part of a trilogy of video works exploring these themes. In this third installation, the story takes place after death, in a world beyond, where psychoanalysis turns out to be obligatory and also an infinite process. Through the eyes of the protagonist E, the film passes from her past life events and characters to her present analysis. The quest for the meaning of love intermingles with transference towards her therapist, whom she perceives as a rescuing, reparative object. In order to pay for their daily post-mortem sessions, the characters have to work through endless nights in a factory, on an assembly line which produces words.
Using a rich visual language, its multilayered tones echoing the blurred line between dream and nightmare and utopia and dystopia, the film is an affectionate but critical take on analysis. Guest appearances by David Lynch and Larry David as analyst and receptionist with strong Freud-Ferenczi tendencies.
Admission
Free with admission - no need to book.
Website
https://freud.org.uk/events/76492/sigmunds-shorts-memoirs-of-a-nurse/
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