The contents of this book represent a series of experiments in dramatizing Bion's A Memoir of the Future, the primary one being an unfinished film begun in India in the 1980s and directed by Kumar Shahani, 'epic' artfilm maker, most of whose films have been produced in Hindi. The film was inspired and initiated by Bombay psychoanalyst Udayan Patel, and sponsored by the Roland Harris Educational Trust. The cast of actors included Jalal Agha, Tom Alter, Robert Burbage, Nicholas Clay, Neil Cunningham, Carol Drinkwater, Peter Firth, Nigel Hawthorne, Shona Morris, Jonathan Page (as a child), Angela Pleasence, Juliet Reynolds, and Alaknanda Samarth.The filmscript and a commentary are here included, together with a narrative poem written for Alaknanda Samarth who played the Ayah of Bion's childhood, and a playscript written for Tom Alter who played the Father. The play is due to be first performed in Bombay and Delhi in February 2016.An appendix reprints a psychoanalytic study of the Memoir by Donald Meltzer, who was closely involved in the production of the original film.The book is illustrated by screenshots from the film and the ebook contains video extracts.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Phoenix Publishing House
ISBN-13
9781782203841
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220854029
Product Key Features
Author
Meg Harris Williams
Publication Name
The Becoming Room: Filming Bion's a Memoir of the Future
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Psychology
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
147mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Meg Harris Williams
Series Title
The Harris Meltzer Trust Series
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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