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== More Details ==
Surreal presentation of the common ways in which people escape from reality - daydreaming, identification, suppression and malingering.
== Shot List ==

Revision as of 21:50, 9 December 2021

Facing Reality is a short film from 1954 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Examines the common ways in which people escape from reality--daydreaming, identification, suppression and malingering. Shows how a sympathetic instructor helps a high school boy to change his negative attitudes.

21:46:11 CU Teen boy drinking from flask 21:47:20 Boy walking around with arm in sling and cane 21:47:43 "Too many of us refuse to face reality. Too many of us try to escape. Escape our duties and identities, our faces and our families. But all these things remain, all the realities remain whenever we leave our dreams and return to the real world." 21:48:33 Teacher off screen: "Finding out what the trouble is and what sends us into defense and mechanisms is the first step back on the road to reality and the satisfactions and rewards that can be found only in the real world." 21:48:40 CU Annoyed, bored teen boy in school 21:49:51 Teen boy in foreground, girls at desk behind him. Girl one: "Don't tell us you're still at work on your great American novel." Girl two: "It must be nearly finished by now!" 21:52:16 Teem boy stands over younger sister yelling at her. 21:52:40 Grumpy teen boy sitting outside on the porch 21:53:42 Mike drops/spills milkshake. CU Two girls laugh at him. 21:53:48 First girl laughing 21:53:50 Guy laughing 21:53:52 Mike looking embarrassed 21:53:54 Second girl laughing 21:53:56

Mike looking unhappy

Facing Reality
Produced byKnickerbocker Productions, Inc.
Production
companies
Knickerbocker Productions, Inc.
Distributed byKnickerbocker Productions, Inc.
Release date
1954
Running time
11:06
LanguageEnglish
Thumbnail
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More Details

Surreal presentation of the common ways in which people escape from reality - daydreaming, identification, suppression and malingering.

Shot List