Critical Flicker Fusion - Psychoanalysis At the Movies

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

William Fried is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, photographer, educator, author, and editor. He practices in New York City. Until 2000, he was the associate director of psychiatry residency training and the director of training and education at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. In 2000 the Association for Academic Psychiatry named him Teacher of the Year. He has been president of Section I (Psychoanalyst Practitioners) of the Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association and is a contributing editor of the DIVISION|Review, responsible for the Reminiscence feature.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: William Fried, Fried William
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781782204787
• ISBN: 978-1-78220-478-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: CIPS Series on the Boundaries; CIPS (Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies) Boundaries of Psychoanalysis; CIPS (Confederation of Independent Psychoanalytic Societies) Boundaries of Psychoanalysis; Cips (Confederation of Indepen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalysis, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Film Theory & Criticism, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Culture and Psychoanalysis