- Paperback: 98 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (10 April 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595388647
- ISBN-13: 978-0595388646
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 15 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,888,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I'll get you, my pretty.and your little dog too!" The Wizard Of Oz is a timeless classic movie loved by a multitude. The movie's script was based on the book by L. Frank Baum. While a fantasy story, important metaphors demonstrate real life themes. Like Dorothy Gale of Kansas, we are our own Hero or Heroine on a journey through life. Often we feel small, weak, and simply not up to the challenges at hand. We don't know what inner strength to use.or if there even is any! And life can dish out monstrous problems that seem like they will engulf us, stop our journey, and even destroy us. Threatening challenges do and must come our way. Through them we find our inner Heroes and get hope to move on. The movie The Wizard Of Oz has symbolism and metaphors that ignite the imagination. The great mythologist Joseph Campbell said that the important stories of our society are hidden in our movies. Guidance and inspiration are found in a vast wealth of films available to all. Cinematherapy is your doorway. Finally, like Dorothy we recognize our inner strengths, face great challenges and return from the quest. In the Kansas farm house with loved ones around, Dorothy sums up the boon of her great quest, "There's no place like home!"
About the Author
Charles K. Bunch, Ph.D., has a doctorate in counseling and metaphor therapies from The Union Institute and University. He is in private practice and director of Boise Bipolar Center. Dr. Bunch has used cinema in counseling with patients for several years. Movies in treatment can facilitate personal growth or deal with specific or difficult issues. Dr. Bunch combines his educational background in symbolism and Jungian archetype to find universal themes in movies that aid personal change. ?Not only do I like cinematherapy in working with others, I am inspired and guided by many movies themes. And, it is simply fun.?
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A poorly-organized notebook of thoughts
17 May 2008
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I bought this book based on the other person's review here. What I got was a very small collection of NOTES in a poorly-organized format. Author's writing is sporadic and incomplete. Author briefly scans over some of the the themes in the film without developing the archetypes or engaging or entertaining his reader. Very badly-done. Further, Author distracts reader by introducing many other character themes totally unrelated to the Oz film!! No need for that! Finally, there is no real contrast and development between Dorothy's "real" life and associations, and her connections in Oz, what the Emerald City means or any real discussion about her attaining the Ruby Slippers - ? Help! This book is a waste. By wrapping-up each chapter with a series of uninteresting questions for the reader, you would think the writer was doing us a favor.
I cannot believe something like this sort of note-taking actually makes it into publication. I am severely unimpressed with it.
If you want some excellent books to read about the mythological value of the film, try Salman Rushdie's "Wizard of Oz". Also available is a very good and thorough treatment of the film by Javier J. Farias, "Spiritual Symbolism in the Wizard of Oz" - I got a wealth of info from the Farias book, and it is FUN to read. He covers every aspect of the film and gives a thorough presentation. Ilene Kimsey offers "Golden Wizdom Beyond the Emerald City", a very sweet book that can be used in working with troubled children; Kimsey's book is also meditative and FUN. She will take you right there to Oz, herself, where you can experience your own encounters with the characters and gain inspiration and healing. A few of these books are hard to find, but are worth a search through Amazon and/or the internet. Also try Joey Green's "The Zen of Oz". Green's book gets into an in-depth discussion of the archetypes and symbolism of the film; it has awesome color illustrations and is fun to read on the bus or the subway. Last, I found Madonna Kolbenschlag's book "Lost in the Land of Oz" to be especially useful in my personal feminist studies, living with a crippling disability and overcoming it day by day, and bringing insight to me on what it means to be a American after the event in New York, of 9/11/01.
I cannot believe something like this sort of note-taking actually makes it into publication. I am severely unimpressed with it.
If you want some excellent books to read about the mythological value of the film, try Salman Rushdie's "Wizard of Oz". Also available is a very good and thorough treatment of the film by Javier J. Farias, "Spiritual Symbolism in the Wizard of Oz" - I got a wealth of info from the Farias book, and it is FUN to read. He covers every aspect of the film and gives a thorough presentation. Ilene Kimsey offers "Golden Wizdom Beyond the Emerald City", a very sweet book that can be used in working with troubled children; Kimsey's book is also meditative and FUN. She will take you right there to Oz, herself, where you can experience your own encounters with the characters and gain inspiration and healing. A few of these books are hard to find, but are worth a search through Amazon and/or the internet. Also try Joey Green's "The Zen of Oz". Green's book gets into an in-depth discussion of the archetypes and symbolism of the film; it has awesome color illustrations and is fun to read on the bus or the subway. Last, I found Madonna Kolbenschlag's book "Lost in the Land of Oz" to be especially useful in my personal feminist studies, living with a crippling disability and overcoming it day by day, and bringing insight to me on what it means to be a American after the event in New York, of 9/11/01.
one of the most powerful metaphors
8 Nov 2011
Thanks for your comments, to the last reader. The book was a part of my doctoral dissertation and originally had 3 times the text. A technical editor stated that people today don't like to read lengthy texts, and chopped it into the current notes form. Sad, this is a very powerful movie and one that always inspires me. I've taken the book out of print and will submit a revised version in the distant future. There are many books now on the spirituality and symbolism of the Oz movie. When the book was written there was only a handful. As a therapist and time goes on, I find more people who have never seen the movie. It's a time of Harry Potter and Transformers where myth is hidden for all of us.
I think there are few movies though with the magic of the Oz movie. The script went through dozens of rewrites as did lyrics. Directors changed. In the end, a movie of Oz evolved that was different from the book but drew on the collective unconscious of many. It took on a mythic life. Watch this and watch it often. There are clues to dealing with life in it.
Dr. Charles K. Bunch
I think there are few movies though with the magic of the Oz movie. The script went through dozens of rewrites as did lyrics. Directors changed. In the end, a movie of Oz evolved that was different from the book but drew on the collective unconscious of many. It took on a mythic life. Watch this and watch it often. There are clues to dealing with life in it.
Dr. Charles K. Bunch
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
You're out of the woods, You're out of the dark, You're out of the night.
4 May 2006
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You're out of the woods,
You're out of the dark,
You're out of the night.
Step into the sun, Step into the light.
Keep straight ahead for the most glorious place
On the Face of the Earth or the sky.
Hold onto your breath, Hold onto your heart, Hold onto your hope.
March up to the gate and bid it open................open.
From The Wizard of Oz,
Optimistic Voices,
lyrics by EH Harburg and music by Harold Arlen
Check it out: Dr. Charles K. Bunch PhD, the author of "Soft Bipolar : Vivid Thoughts, Mood Shifts and Swings, Depression, and Anxiety of the Mild Mood Disorders Affecting Millions of Americans" has put out a new book about cinematherapy, how to use the metaphors in popular cinema as a vehicle for healing.
And what more powerful movie than The Wizard of Oz? Admit it, you saw it every year for the first ten years of your life and can recite it from memory. You undoubtedly have at one time or another used the characters in the movies as metaphor. Well, Dr. Bunch's new book will help you use the archetypes present in any movie to understand yourself and the world around you.
You're out of the dark,
You're out of the night.
Step into the sun, Step into the light.
Keep straight ahead for the most glorious place
On the Face of the Earth or the sky.
Hold onto your breath, Hold onto your heart, Hold onto your hope.
March up to the gate and bid it open................open.
From The Wizard of Oz,
Optimistic Voices,
lyrics by EH Harburg and music by Harold Arlen
Check it out: Dr. Charles K. Bunch PhD, the author of "Soft Bipolar : Vivid Thoughts, Mood Shifts and Swings, Depression, and Anxiety of the Mild Mood Disorders Affecting Millions of Americans" has put out a new book about cinematherapy, how to use the metaphors in popular cinema as a vehicle for healing.
And what more powerful movie than The Wizard of Oz? Admit it, you saw it every year for the first ten years of your life and can recite it from memory. You undoubtedly have at one time or another used the characters in the movies as metaphor. Well, Dr. Bunch's new book will help you use the archetypes present in any movie to understand yourself and the world around you.
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