Visible Mind: Movies, modernity and the unconscious

Synopsis

Visible Mind Is A Book About Why Film Is So Important To Contemporary Life, How Film Affects Us Psychologically As Individuals, And How It Affects Us Culturally As Collective Social Beings. Since Its Inception, Film Has Been Both Responsive To Historical Cultural Conditions And Reflective Of Changes In Psychological And Emotional Needs. Arising At The Same Moment Over A Century Ago, Both Film And Psychoanalysis Helped To Frame The Fragmented Experience Of Modern Life In A Way That Is Still With Us Today. Visible Mind Pays Attention To The Historical Context Of Film For What It Can Tell Us About Our Inner Lives, Past And Present. -- Publisher Website. Watching Movies. Introduction: Modernity, Fragmentation And Film -- The Face And Film: The Surface And What's Beneath -- The Actor -- Film And The Shadow -- Cinema, Jung And The American Psyche -- The Cinematographer -- Making Movies. What Makes Movies Work: Unconscious Process And The Filmmaker's Craft -- The Writer/director -- 'based On Real Events': Narratives Of Fact And Fiction In Film -- The Film Editor -- Changing Your Story: Narrative, Time And Meaning In The Movies -- Projecting Movies. The Director/writer -- Unusual Suspects: Movies In The Therapist's Room -- The Production Designer -- Anima-animus: Soul-image And Individuation In The Movies -- Conclusion: Balancing Psyche. Christopher Hauke. Includes Filmography. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.