On Film Studies and the Unconscious
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11660348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Dumas (0000-0003-1136-9105, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 39-67 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Camera Obscura Feminism Culture and Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0270-5346 • E-ISSN: 1529-1510 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/02705346-1727455 |
| OpenAlex | W2317660209 |
| Language | EN |
The problem of the “it was all a dream” structure is considered, particularly in reference to its appearance in the year 1953. This article compares three films featuring the dream structure — Robot Monster (dir. Phil Tucker, US), The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (dir. Roy Rowland, US), and Invaders from Mars (dir. William Cameron Menzies, US) — with an eye toward the Oedipal issues that the shared structure helps to express. In conclusion, the use of psychoanalysis as a scholarly tool is debated
Art · Art history · Dream · Monster · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Unconscious mind · Cinema and Media Studies · Film in Education and Therapy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |