@wokelstein.bsky.social

Want to mention that the infamous Walter Chaw review on BACKROOMS resonates more with me with OBSESSION. Not just the shallow pool of references and not doing enough with the exhausted premise, the whole horror of it stems from a very young man's ambivalence toward family, commitment, and career.

Leon’s Existential Cafe

@leonscafe.bsky.social

He experiences what in psychoanalytic thought is called ambivalence, experiencing paradoxical feelings and/or desires. Mozart aches to live up to his own standard of perfection while simultaneously winning his father’s approval, based on his own standard. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...

Austin Dewar

@austindewar.bsky.social

Perhaps my favorite short story of all time is "A Family Supper" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It should get more recognition as a masterpiece of contemporary gothic fiction--the dread, the understated family horror, the perfect ambivalence of the ending! magicbarrel.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #shortstories