In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are hired by Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) to herd his sheep through the summer in Wyoming. After a night of heavy drinking, Jack makes a sexual pass at Ennis, who is initially apprehensive but eventually falls to Jack’s advances. Though he informs Jack […]
Archives for August 2005
Schizophrenia and Cinema Therapy
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to tell the difference between what is real and not real, think clearly; Have normal emotional responses, and act normally in social situations. Sometimes a person suffering from schizophrenia experiences a reduced ability or lack of ability to function normally. For example, the person appears to […]
Leave it to Beaver: The Series
Leave It To Beaver premiered on CBS-TV on Friday, October 4, 1957, and continued on network TV for a total of six seasons, finishing its 234-episode run in 1963. Each of the six seasons consisted of exactly 39 episodes, a hefty number by today’s seasonal standards. CBS carried the show for the first season only. […]
Psycho
Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a secretary in Phoenix, Arizona, steals $40,000 from one of her employer’s clients to help her financially strapped divorced boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin). She flees in her car en route to Sam’s California home, parking along the road midway to sleep. A highway patrol officer awakens her, becomes suspicious of […]