Video Voyage-“Big Fish”:
Exploring Grief & Loss Through Modern Cinema
Movies can be simple, but effective tools to get us “in
touch” with our feelings. They can help release pent-up emotions of grief,
anger, confusion and loss of hope. They also can stimulate discussion that may
lead to healing, resolution, closure, understanding and even forgiveness. VITAS
Innovative Hospice Care® of
When:
Saturday, July 12, 2008
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Where:
RSVP:
Meredith Reneau,
VITAS Bereavement Services Manager, 816.447.3406
Tim Burton directed the fantasy drama “Big
Fish”, based on the book “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions” by Southern
writer/illustrator Daniel Wallace. Billy Crudup plays William Boom, a young man
who never really knew his dying father Edward (Albert Finney) outside of the
tall tales he told about growing up, making his way, and meeting his mother
(played as a young woman by Alison Lohman and in older age by Jessica Lange).
During Edward’s last days, William and his wife Josephine (Marion Cotillard)
hold a bedside vigil as the old man recollects elaborate memories of his youth
(in which he is played by Ewan McGregor). Still doubting the legends and
folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman (Helena Bonham
Carter) from whom Edward had bought property.
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