Pusher

Every Monday around 6PM PT (so right coasters can join in and still get to bed on time) watch the designated movie and Tweetchat. Next week's movie to watch and Tweetchat is Pusher, Monday (2.15) at 6:00 PM PT. While watching I will Tweet notes you can follow (#pushermovie) with tweetchat.com or twitterfall.com. If you Tweet your comments, too, I will put it all together for my blog post about the film.

I begin each Tweet that refers to a specific place in the film with the time displayed (with Roku streaming the time displays when you pause the film.) to the earlier minute. For example, 0:12.

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The Celebration

Spoiler Alert!

Helge's 60th birthday celebration becomes the occasion for Christian, his son, to betray to the large gathering the family secret that Helge sexually abused the children, presumably contributing to the recent suicide of Christian's twin sister. Fertile ground for hypotheses about family emotional process and roles played by each of the siblings.

Bereavement | denial | emotional process | family secrets | suicide | Sexual Abuse of Child

Bright Star

John Keats' brother Tom dies after a prolonged illness (0:21).

Her sister says, "Fanny wants a knife... to kill herself," over a disappointment in her relationship with Keats. We see she has already injured her wrist although with little bleeding (1:03).

Mr. Brown tells the Brawne family that John Keats has died (1:48). We could have predicted Fanny's reaction.

Bereavement | sucide

My Sister's Keeper

Spoiler Alert!

Kate is dying of leukemia, but the judge's daughter has already died in a motor vehicle accident, and Kate's friend Taylor dies soon after they have become intimate (1:01).

Kate says that because of her illness no one noticed that her brother Jesse was "dyslexic" (0:26).

Kate's mom Sara refuses to accept that Kate will die (0:40).

In court Jesse betrays her confidence that "Kate wants to die" (1.23).

Aside from Sara's denial, does the film illustrate any other of Kübler-Ross' stages of grief?

Bereavement | denial

Bridge to Terabithia

Spoiler Alert!

Jesse suffers the tragic loss of his friend Leslie, who apparently falls from a rope swing while attempting to cross the stream to Terabithia without him.

Bereavement

Bogus

After his mother dies in a motor vehicle accident seven year old Albert flies East alone to stay with the closest he has to a relative, his mom's foster sister Harriet. On the plane he conjures up Bogus, a companion who not only supports him through the pain of adjustment to the loss of his mother, but helps Harriet rearrange her priorities.

Would this qualify as a corrective emotional experience for Harriet?

Bereavement | corrective emotional experience | hallucination

Waiting for the Messiah

Sarah (Sarita), Ariel's mother, Simon's wife, dies.

Ariel remembers her (0:28). Simon talks to her at the grave (1:02). Simon tells Laura what he misses most about Sarah (1:19).

Bereavement