The couch and the silver screen : psychoanalytic reflections on European cinema / edited by Andrea Sabbadini.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foreword / Laura Mulvey -- Introduction / Andrea Sabbadini -- SET AND STAGE -- Inner and outer worlds of the filmmaker's temporary social structure / Bernardo Bertolucci, Fiona Shaw, Chris Mawson -- One in the eye from Sam: Samuel Beckett's Film (1964) and his contribution to our vision in theatre, cinema and psychoanalysis / Ian Christie, Juliet Stevenson, Helen Taylor Robinson -- WORKING THROUGH TRAUMA -- Sons and fathers: a room of their own -- Nanni Moretti's The son's room (2001) / Nanni Moretti [and others] -- Witness and persecution in two short films: Miguel Sapochnik's The dreamer (2001) and Lindy Heymann's Kissing Buba (2001) / Jed Sekoff -- Post-postmodern Walkyrie: psychoanalytic considerations on Tom Tykwer's Run, Lola, run (1998) / Annegret Mahler-Bungers -- Thomas Vinterberg's Festen (1998): an attempt to avoid madness through denunciation / Liliana Pedrón de Martín -- István Szabó's Sunshine (1999): the cinematic representation of historical and familial trauma / Diana Diamond -- HORROR PERSPECTIVES -- Notes on the relevance of psychoanalytic theory to Euro-horror cinema / Steven Jay Schneider -- Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985): a psychoanalytic perspective on the 'horror film' genre and adolescent development / Donald Campbell -- Freedom through re-introjection: a Kleinian perspective on Dominik Moll's Harry: he's here to help (2000) / Candy Aubry -- Cinema, horror and the abominations of hell: Carl-Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1931) and Lucio Fulci's The beyond (1981) / Michael Grant -- DOCUMENTING INTERNAL WORLDS -- Narratives and documentaries: an encounter with Michael Apted and his films / Michael Apted, Helen Taylor Robinson -- Cinematic dream-work of Ingmar Bergman's Wild strawberries (1957) / Elizabeth Cowie -- Film as an abreaction of totalitarianism: Vinko Brešan's Marshal Tito's spirit (1999) / Ljiljana Filipović -- Documentary directors and their protagonists: a transferential / countertransferential relationship? Timna Rosenheimer's Fortuna (2000) and Michael Aviad's Ever shot anyone? (1995) / Emanuel Berman, Timna Rosenheimer, Michal Aviad -- Filming psychoanalysis: feature or documentary? Two contributions / Hugh Brody, Michael Brearley.

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The Couch and the Silver Screen is a collection of original contributions which explore European cinema from psychoanalytic perspectives. Both classic and contemporary films are presented and analysed by a variety of authors, including leading cinema historians and theorists, psychoanalysts with a specific expertise in the interpretation of films, as well as the filmmakers themselves. This composite approach offers a fascinating insight into the world of cinema. The Couch and the Silver Screen is illustrated with stills throughout and Andrea Sabbadini's introduction provides a theoretical and h.

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