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The secret life of movies :

0786444231 (softcover : alk. paper)

9780786444236 (softcover : alk. paper)

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The secret life of movies :

[Book]

schizophrenic and shamanic journeys in American cinema /

Jason Horsley

Jefferson, N.C. :

McFarland & Co.,

c2009

viii, 291 p. :

ill. ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : from thesis to diagnosis -- Chronic symptoms and recurring themes. The occult text : the good, the bad, and the ugly and the alchemy of individuation -- Courting the other : quests for completion -- Scars : the hero as psychopath -- Weeping alone : the counterculture fails to communicate -- The revolting male : Jack Nicholson and the schizophrenic journey -- Into the wild : John Boorman's explicit myths -- A glass darkly : Brando and Bertolucci's Last tango -- The man behind the mask : Roman Polanski's dementia tales -- Beautiful freaks : Tim Burton's celebrations of specialness -- The great American psychopath -- Scrying the culture. Stealing candy/healing laughter : the evolution of the schizo comedy -- Advocating satan -- God's channel -- Paranoia : a conspiracy by any other name -- Where is my mind? notes on purity of impulse in Fight club -- Aliens "r" us : race intimations of metamorphosis -- Behind closed doors : antithesis and antidote -- Epilogue : rounding up the usual suspects

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"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

"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

Mental illness in motion pictures

Motion pictures-- Social aspects

Motion pictures-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Schizophrenia in motion pictures

Horsley, Jason,1967-

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