The secret life of movies
Subtitle: schizophrenic and shamanic journeys in American cinema
By: Jason Horsley.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780786444236
Subjects: Schizophrenia in motion pictures; Mental illness in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- Social aspects; Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "Using movies to explore the unconscious realms of society in order to reach a better understanding of what drives it, this book examines filmmakers and films that center around schizophrenic themes of alienation, paranoia, breakdown, fantasy, dreams, dementia, violence, and that address--as entertainment--the schizophrenic experience"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : from thesis to diagnosis; title: Chronic symptoms and recurring themes. The occult text : the good, the bad, and the ugly and the alchemy of individuation; title: Courting the other : quests for completion; title: Scars : the hero as psychopath; title: Weeping alone : the counterculture fails to communicate; title: The revolting male : Jack Nicholson and the schizophrenic journey; title: Into the wild : John Boorman's explicit myths; title: A glass darkly : Brando and Bertolucci's Last tango; title: The man behind the mask : Roman Polanski's dementia tales; title: Beautiful freaks : Tim Burton's celebrations of specialness; title: The great American psychopath; title: Scrying the culture. Stealing candy/healing laughter : the evolution of the schizo comedy; title: Advocating satan; title: God's channel; title: Paranoia : a conspiracy by any other name; title: Where is my mind? notes on purity of impulse in Fight club; title: Aliens "r" us : race intimations of metamorphosis; title: Behind closed doors : antithesis and antidote; title: Epilogue : rounding up the usual suspects.