1st Edition

Critical Flicker Fusion Psychoanalysis at the Movies

By William Fried Copyright 2017
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

The premise of this book is that films, like other works of the imagination, may be elucidated by applying methods derived from psychoanalysis, and that doing so will result in a deeper and richer appreciation of the film's meaning. The book explores a number of feature films that lend themselves particularly well to this process. Both in his introduction and throughout the text, the author... Read more
Series Editor’s Preface , Foreword , Introduction: The films, the method, the themes , Secrets , Time and death , Love and lust , Human identity , Conclusion: critical flicker fusion , Introduction , Mise-en-scène: session, film, dream , Whatever flames upon the night , Mad doctors

Biography

William Fried