Psychocinema by Rollins, Helen

Psychocinema

Psychocinema reexamines the connection between psychoanalysis and film, arguing for a return to the universalist core of...
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Author: Helen Rollins
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Language: English
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Psychocinema by Rollins, Helen

Psychocinema

BD$12.92

Psychocinema

BD$12.92
Author: Helen Rollins
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Psychocinema reexamines the connection between psychoanalysis and film, arguing for a return to the universalist core of both cinema and subjectivity. It traces the history of the influence of psychoanalysis on cinema and shows how the detour into ideologies of identity and difference eclipses the premise of the first and the emancipatory power of the second.

The book argues that psychoanalysis does not simply help us elucidate what we see on screen: rather, there is a fundamental relationship between the structure of psychoanalysis and that of cinema. Cinema acts upon the viewer like psychoanalysis upon the analysand and can expose them to the universal Lack inherent in their desire. This process undermines the unconscious logic of capitalism, which relies on a promise in fulfilment.

Rollins, a filmmaker, shows how reductive interpretations of psychoanalytic film theory have permeated film education and film practice and have affected the way films are made and watched, to the detriment of contemporary philosophy and politics. Psychocinema urges filmmakers, theorists and audiences to embrace the truly radical and emancipatory potential of cinema: its capacity to confront us with the universal Lack in our desire.

Author: Helen Rollins
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 11/20/2024
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.55h x 5.07w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781509561148

About the Author
Helen Rollins is an award-winning independent filmmaker and writer.

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