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(1949). Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 18:118-120

'The Feeling of Rejection'

Margaret E. Fries

Produced by The National Film Board of Canada.

This is a welcome film for teaching purposes, for it shows the continuity in the events of the life of a psychoneurotic starting with approximately the third year of life and extending to the twenty-third year.

The medium of film can, of course, present only overt behavior and requires verbal commentaries to explain the motivations. This has been handled by having the psychiatrist comment on the significance of the different sequences.

With certain exceptions the interpretations are on a superficial level, giving no insight into unconscious motivations or the dynamics of the character structure of the patient. This is especially regrettable since the opportunity to make a superb psychoanalytic presentation was missed; but the acting, gestures, tone of voice, are sensitively executed. The film can nevertheless be used with great advantage by any instructor who is psychoanalytically oriented and can give the deeper interpretations.

Howe

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