Thursday, June 02, 2005

Dude, Where's My Dad?

From smh.com.au:

"You can see it in the Star Wars saga when Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in the famous 'I am your father' scene. You can see it when a young clownfish is separated from his father in Finding Nemo.

"And according to Sydney psychiatrist Julian Parmegiani, you can also see it in The Italian Job, The Day After Tomorrow, Tomb Raider, Elf, I, Robot, Bad Santa, The Upside of Anger and even The Passion of the Christ.

"Dr Parmegiani argues that these movies show a new Hollywood obsession with the phenomenon of absent fathers."

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