[Reellife] Your Frame of Mind

[dave olsen]

This Wednesday, the monthly Frames of Mind series returns to the Cinematheque 
<http://www.thecinematheque.ca> in Downtown Vancouver.

This time, the featured film is /Autism in Love/ 
<http://www.thecinematheque.ca/framesofmind/autism-in-love>, and lovely 
documentary about 4 adults, mostly independent and living on the autistic spectrum.

Two of these people are in a romantic relationship, which we follow fairly 
intimately.

Another is just pre- and then post-widowed.  His partner was also autistic and 
died after struggling against ovarian cancer.

And the 4th is a young single man that has absorbed every little expectation 
that this civilization has to offer.

I've never known an autistic person, but the film suggests that expressing and 
feeling feelings is the greatest challenge.  These folks mostly overcome this 
inherent limitation but it seems that maybe another burden is simply being able 
to filter out cultural messages.  That's tough enough for those of us not on the 
spectrum and it seems this self-consciousness just rises to another level for 
these folks.

/Autism in Love/ <http://www.thecinematheque.ca/framesofmind/autism-in-love> 
plays Wednesday, January 20 @ 7:30pm and there will be a post-screening 
discussion with Dr. Anthony Bailey, Professor and Chair of Child and Adolescent 
Psychiatry at UBC.

Last month, a family crisis prevented me from posting a review of /Eva Nova/, a 
stunning Slovak film that dives deep into alcoholism and family dysfunction.

Although you'll have to hunt to find it, it's worth the effort. Emília 
Vášáryová, the so-called "First Lady of Slovak Film and Theatre, is spot-on 
throughout the film, playing an actor living with a serious addiction.

But the main focus of the film centres on Eva as a parent that has abandoned her 
son, and this is where it achieves its greatest success.  Not surprisingly, her 
dysfunction has been well passed on and reentering her son's life doesn't seem 
possible.

A microcosm of civilized life, /Eva Nova/ will provide hope for anyone suffering 
from addiction and needing inspiration to make positive change in one's life.

I'm only sorry this didn't get to you before it played last month.

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Warmly,
dave/
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