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EMOTIONAL WORK OF CINEMA

For discussions concerning emotion and popular cinema

DISCUSSION on SATURDAY 9TH MAY will run for 2 hours at the Everyman Cinema in Hampstead. There will be a montage of clips to illustrate the emotional power and specificity of cinema. The discussion will initially take the form of a round table and the discussants will include an academic, an analyst or therapist and someone from inside the world of film itself. We hope that there will be lively discussion from the floor. This is our first round table event so there are no set parameters as yet, all ideas are appreciated.

THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED. TO BOOK PLEASE EMAIL miwevents@googlemail.com
PLEASE NOTIFY US IF YOU CANNOT COME TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.

Psychoanalytic Articles on Cinema

These articles may be of interest and use in advance of the Saturday 9th May discussion:

Malater, E. (2007). David Cronenberg's Benevolent Pathology: Technology, Trauma, and the Perverse Social Link in Crash... The Psychoanalytic Review., 94:887-902. (available online at http://www.pep-web.org )

Downing, D.L. (2007). Paranoiac Visions and Neo-Realities in the Recent Cinema: Reflections on Tausk's “Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia” The Psychoanalytic Review, 94:991-1006.

Freely available here:
http://www.atypon-link.com/GPI/doi/abs/10.1521/prev.2007.94.6.991

Tylim, I. (2000). Film Notes: eXistenZ: The Blurring of the Organic and the High-Tech World in... The Psychoanalytic Review, 87:455-461. (available online at http://www.pep-web.org )

Clarke, G. (1994). Notes towards an object-relations approach to cinema. Free Associations, 4C pp369-390. (available online at http://www.pep-web.org )

Bainbridge, C. & Yates, C. (2005) Cinematic Symptoms of Maculinity in Transition: Memory, History and Mythology in Contemporary Film Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society,10:299-318.

How can psychoanalysis and psychotherapeutic ways of thinking contribute to our understanding of the meanings, features, effects and affects of film and cinema in an emotive culture? Does the development of high quality screens and sound for the home privatise the formerly public emotional experience of cinema? Do major films work as containers that interpret our culture in more or less manageable ways? How does successful marketing of some films generate expectations and investments in certain movies which only lead to disappointment? There are many, many questions to discuss. Start a thread.

Which contemporary and popular film stands out for you for its emotional power and why?
Requiem for a Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-rD8vcY4U

The Champ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgySx1MhzAo

Man Bites Dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL1qjiuDWiw

In the Shadow of the Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRusDqEK4aI

Dancer in the Dark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1K78yhZDCc

Monster's Ball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXBw8YftYPk

Braveheart The Freedom speech

Mamma Mia! Dancing Queen scene

The Piano Ada negotiates with Baines

Breaking the Waves Bess gets married

The Shining Little Pigs scene

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CaroBainbridge

Link to Film Studies for Free Blog

Nov 11 2009, 9:22 AM EST by CaroBainbridge

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Oops, forgot the link. Here it is:

http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-between-isms-winnicottian-film-media.html

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CaroBainbridge

Film Studies For Free Blog - Winnicott and cinema references

Nov 11 2009, 9:21 AM EST by CaroBainbridge

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This is a really useful overview of work that has been done in film studies drawing on Winnicott in particular. The blog also links to our community, so it would be great to see any comments/contributions from members of MiW too!

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DeborahYoung

Thank you for Saturday/Bits about A Clockwork Orange

May 15 2009, 6:04 AM EDT by DavidMathew

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I'm not sure how this works or where to leave a message but I just wanted to thank the organisers and speakers for last Saturday's event. I am looking forward to the next one. I was too shy to say anything at the time but I wondered if anyone else thought about these points - that the clip of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain was satirised by Kubrick in A Clockwork Orange, an interesting irony considering the very polarised emotions evoked. Also, my viewing of A Clockwork Orange was forever changed when I learned that the most shocking part of the film was based on an experience of Burgess and his wife during a blackout in 1943: drunken American soldiers gone AWOL invaded their home, attacked Burgess and gang-raped his wife. Since learning this I have not been able to watch the film again and I wonder how others have coped emotionally with this information. I would be very interested to hear other people's views whether you attended on Saturday or not. Thanks again for a fantastic two hours. Very best wishes, Deborah