Film After Jung: Post-Jungian Approaches to Film Theory

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'The Image and the Material'; Part I Film theory: A critical historiography; 1 Film matters, but how, and why?; 2 Film as film; film as art; film as authored artefact; 3 Film and audience, a 'felt' relation: The politics of cine-subjectivity; 4 The film as political: Phenomenology and the material world of the film; Part II Applying key Jungian concepts in film theory; 5 Refitting the notion of the gaze: The 'I' that sees and the 'eye' that is seen.;Popular film as a medium of communication, expression and storytelling has proved one of the most durable and fascinating cultural forms to emerge during the twentieth century, and has long been the object of debate, discussion and interpretation. Film After Jung provides the reader with an overview of the history of film theory and delves into analytical psychology to consider the reaction that popular film can evoke through emotional and empathetic engagement with its audience. This book includes:an introduction to film scholarship discussions of key.