Psychoanalysis and Cinema

[@arijitray6868]

beautifully presented... Thanks Rovira..Hope to see more

[@Hakajin]

"It may have to do with the subconscious being older than language." I think he hit the nail on the head there. I think the unconscious functions on unthinking associations. This isn't to say that it's this mysterious, inaccessible thing, just that these kinds of associations aren't something we intentionally do so much as something that happens within us. It's something more felt than thought. It's like... You know how people complain about people using the word "literally" to mean "figuratively?" But they don't stop to ask why they use it that way. I mean, if there were no link there, people wouldn't use it. People don't use words like "weirdly" or "loudly" to mean "figuratively." It doesn't feel right, and no one would understand what you meant. Yet for some reason, many, many people use "literally" to mean "figuratively," and we all know what they mean. Except, they actually DON'T mean "figuratively." Sure, they're using it in the context of figurative language, but the function of "literally" there isn't to point that out. In fact, the fact that they're speaking in figurative terms is taken for granted based on the context. So if "literally" doesn't mean "figuratively" here, what does it mean? Well, it's an emphatic, like "really," "truly," "very," etc. And why would we use "literally" as an emphatic? Same reason why metaphor is stronger than simile, and why we use both of those strategies in the first place: we make a subconscious link between physicality and emphasis. That makes since: if something is right in front of our face, we can't help but see it, there's no intermediary, representational step. And if you look back at those other emphatic words ("really," "truly," "very"), you notice that they follow the same pattern; all of them have to do with something being real ("very" is from the Latin "veritas" for truth). See, I can put all that into words, but that's not where I started. What I started with was the intuitive sense that something about using "literally" that way feels right, and a feeling for how it functions based on its typical usage and things like tone of voice. From there, all I had to do was look at it's more traditional meaning and figure out the link between the two. But yeah, I think it speaks to how language runs off subconscious associations.

[@charisselouw8914]

Thank you, this is beautiful - much appreciated and will be sharing with my students.

[@deanlomas4470]

where did you get some of the references in the video, i tried to find any of the theorist that you mentioned 'hugo montebourg' and i couldn't find any. I wanted to use the part where you said about the photo play at 0:20 but i have no way of referencing it , thank you great video.

[@Picaro_Rovira]

Dean Lomas I primarily drew from the documentary “The Pervet’s guide to cinema”, but also some of Lacan’s Lectures in the late 60s. I can give you Some of the sources I used in my video if you require them. And the psychologist I mentioned was Hugo Münsterberg.

[@deanlomas4470]

@@Picaro_Rovira that would be really useful thank you ,I have heard of the documentary but Ive yet to watch it.Sorry I got the name wrong, i'm really not the best at spelling.thank you

[@kribbs96]

just finished with my thesis on this, his name is Hugo Münsterberg and he was primarily a psychologist who worked on cinema/mind analogies

[@JC_TRIGGER]

@@Picaro_Rovira how is the psychoanalysis theory used in film

[@robertwaska2092]

Very compelling, nice work! I am about to write a paper on the film ‘you hurt my feelings’. Have you published in any journals? I would like to hear more of your thoughts on film from an analytic perspective. Thanks! Robert

[@sagardas9657]

Why do you make only 2 videos ? It's very good work

[@curlupa10]

👍

[@FiveSidedDice]

Please use a pop filter for your microphone in future. Good video.

[@mexicanpower44]

Is there anyway you could help me associate the Imaginary with identity and 'Lars and the Real Girl'?

[@RottenDoctorGonzo]

Eat s*#!

[@canyoubeserious]

I’m confounded by what appears to be a nearly universal desire of the creators of KZbin videos to include a distracting soundtrack that renders the narration difficult to , well, hear.

[@lisasteck9686]

The music is so loud I can barely hear what you want to tell me.

[@moonlightmelodrama]

I wish she had spoken the narration. Instead of just reading it.

[@sajolchoudhury7832]

Eargasm

[@lucak_art]

You read too fast! the content is great but this becomes a problem because you are reading and not saying, so it's very confusing, without pausing and proper pacing etc, and we can't hear you with so much music! hope you do a better job next time.

[@mahe-2268]

Your analysis, assuming it is truly of your creation... is brilliant. Your name, Rachel Rimbaud, could not be more French. Yet your spoken French is an absolute disgrac.

[@caelgilmour4673]

so is your english 'disgrac'

[@unusualpond]

Analyse this sentence: background music.

[@jamesshielssoberlife.3701]

I read all that shite at Film School i don't know whether any of it is true!!