I have been posting this essay in one form or another for three or four years around the holiday season. This year it is the finale of a trilogy of essays comparing three films with different approaches, and results, to the same problem. It Can Happen To You gives ephemeral pleasure. Remains of the Day provides a tragic solution to he conflict between gratification and conscience. It’s a Wonderful Life provides us with an enduring fantasy. This version of the essay is taken directly from the book, Double Feature. Continue reading It’s a Wonderful Life: An Enduring Fantasy

Below find two essays by Anita Weinreb Katz focusing on the movie The Vanishing,  in the original Dutch version, in which she presents some new perspectives on gender issues and psychopathology. 

Click Here to Read:  Trapped: No Way in No Way Out: A Study of Claustrophobia and Fear of Abandonment in Intimate Relationships by Anita Weinreb Katz. 

Click Here to Read:  Destiny Revised:  The Illusion of Free Choice: A Study of Claustrophobia (Derived from the Dutch Film, the Vanishing)  by Anita Weinreb Katz.