Glen Freiband reviews Harold and Maude (1971), directed by Hal Ashby, through existential philosophical and psychological lenses.

This film is a story that explores key human and existential concerns. It is situated right in the middle of the era of the presidency of Richard Nixon and the bloody Vietnam War – a time that the personal and the political were overtly existential, and often played out on television.

This film looks at the absurdity of life and the lure of death and ultimately, paints a path for a resolute stand for being-in-relation and the in/out, lost/found nature of becoming a whole human being. The film explores the tension between the need for aloneness and togetherness, and the complexities of authenticity.

With responses by Yelena Yukashev, LMHC and Jill Wuonola, LICSW

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