An Arms Length (2016)
In this case refusing to ever let go. Leonard is trapped between his yearning for freedom and his deep tie to his mother. A Jewish boy railing against his mother he expresses both comfort under her wing but also a rage, a desire to cut loose. The presence of unconscious sexual and violent wishes begin to worm their way through his consciousness. A longing develops for a world in which the castrating mother's knife is turned the other way.
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An Arms Length
2016 / 0 hr 11 min
In this case refusing to ever let go. Leonard is trapped between his yearning for freedom and his deep tie to his mother. A Jewish boy railing against his mother he expresses both comfort under her wing but also a rage, a desire to cut loose. The presence of unconscious sexual and violent wishes begin to worm their way through his consciousness. A longing develops for a world in which the castrating mother's knife is turned the other way.
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