{"id":5102,"date":"2022-02-11T17:11:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T23:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2022-02-11T17:11:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T23:11:51","slug":"healing-cinema-birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/healing-cinema-birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Cinema: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2974\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5102-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5102-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"jungianthology-83-healing-cinema-birdman.mp3\">Download<\/a> (31.1MB) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Birdman_poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Birdman_poster.jpg 220w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Birdman_poster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Birdman_poster-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Birdman_poster-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jungian Analysts Judith Cooper and Daniel Ross discuss&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alejandro_G._I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu\">Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<\/a>&#8216;s 2014 film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birdman_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)<\/a><\/em>. They touch on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Innocence and inflation<\/li><li>Alchemy<\/li><li>Mark Sabans&#8217; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33zvlEj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Two Souls Alas: Carl Jung\u2019s Two Personalities and the Making of Analytical Psychology<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/jung-in-the-world-jungs-two-personalities-their-impact-on-jungian-thought-training-with-mark-saban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to our interview with Mark Saban<\/a>)<\/li><li>Love<\/li><li>Humiliation<\/li><li>The Trickster<\/li><li>Men&#8217;s relationship to dependency<\/li><li>Sylvia Perea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EI9V4P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Scapegoat Complex<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>Individuation needs and the &#8220;unlived life&#8221;<\/li><li>Fantasy and imagination<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-510x672.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3211\" width=\"84\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-510x672.jpg 510w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-190x250.jpg 190w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-600x790.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019-64x84.jpg 64w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cooper-Judith-2019.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Judith Cooper, PsyD<\/strong> is a clinical psychologist and diplomate Jungian Analyst in private practice in Chicago. She is a graduate and member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=common\/home\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=common\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago<\/a>. She was adjunct faculty at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology (1999-2000), teaching projective testing. She was clinical supervisor (1991-2002) and director of training (1998-2002) of an APA-accredited psychology internship program at a community mental health center in northwest Indiana. She has taught in the <a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=30\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Analyst Training Program <\/a>and lectured on the anima\/animus, and the clinical use of film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2236\" width=\"85\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ross-Dan-64x85.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daniel Ross, RN, PMHNP, MSN, MBA<\/strong>&nbsp;has been a nurse for 40 years and in hospice for over 30.&nbsp; As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Jungian Analyst, he brings a medical, psychiatric, and analytical perspective to the field of end-of-life care.&nbsp; He first completed the two-year Clinical Training Program (now the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=29\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=29\" target=\"_blank\">JPP\/JSP<\/a>) at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=common\/home\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=common\/home\" target=\"_blank\">C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago<\/a> then went on to complete the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=30\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=30\" target=\"_blank\">Analyst Training Program<\/a>.&nbsp; He is in private practice in the northwest suburbs working with adults seeking psychotherapy and continues to see hospice and palliative care patients at the end of life.&nbsp; He is Co-Director of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=29\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=information\/information&amp;information_id=29\" target=\"_blank\">Jungian Psychotherapy Program and Jungian Studies Program<\/a> at the C. G. 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Your support enables us to provide free and low-cost educational resources to all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Links<\/span><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=177\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=177\" target=\"_blank\">Judith Cooper&#8217;s page on the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago Website<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=141\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/store\/index.php?route=product\/manufacturer\/info&amp;manufacturer_id=141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Ross&#8217;s page on the C. G. 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