Klein, Sartre and imagination in the films of Ingmar Bergman
By: Dan Williams
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137471970
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Imagination in motion pictures; Psychoanalysis and motion pictures; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Description: "The author brings together ideas from film studies, psychoanalysis and philosophy for a study of key films in the career of Ingmar Bergman. Drawing on ideas from Melanie Klein and Jean-Paul Sartre, films ranging from Summer with Monika to Hour of the Wolf are examined in detail. The book argues that Bergman, Klein and Sartre are connected through their central focus on imagination, and that this shared preoccupation represents a challenging alternative to dominant theories in the analysis of film and culture. "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of FiguresAcknowledgements1. The Imagination: Bergman, Klein and Sartre2.From Freud to Klein, and Wild Strawberries 3.Sartre's Theory of Imagination and The Seventh Seal4.From Three Early Bergman Films to an Analysis of Summer with Monika 5.Revenge and Reparation in The Virgin Spring6.The Destruction of the Artist: Hour of the Wolf7.ConclusionBibliographyFilmography Index.