Considered to be the first film to explicitly depict psychoanalysis, symbolically and practically, SECRETS OF A SOUL (1926) is a fun trip into the filmic psyche of a man who is struggling with unwanted thoughts, compulsions, and feelings of inadequacy which leads him to the couch of his friendly neighborhood analyst.
G.W. Pabst, one of the greatest filmmakers out of Weimar Germany, does a beautiful job of using the camera and filmic language to convey the experience of dreaming and dissociative fantasy. This film is not an explicitly Expressionist film, but its influence is felt throughout.
accompanied by short films that feature dream logic and sequences
Wednesday July 12
8pm (doors at 7 - with pre-show films and clips)
Arkadin Cinema and Bar
5228 Gravois Ave St. Louis, MO 63116
FREE (donations welcome to help support and sustain programming)