Concluding Thoughts, Works Cited, Suggested Reading, Image Credits, and About Me
Films are not only revolutionary in merging mediums – they are also a way to preserve their own memory so future generations could view them. Films, such as Marnie, and Wild Strawberries, are remnants of a characterization of the bridge created between science and art. Reality and fiction seem also to become connected as we feel the main characters are real people we could compare to ourselves.
The public, as an audience, will continue to empathize with fictional characters. This is the magic of film. While watching Marnie, one can feel a connection to childhood trauma, even as strong as a murder. Hitchcock uses Freud’s psychoanalysis in the film and one can apply the same methods to themselves. While watching Wild Strawberries, one can begin to reflect upon themselves (like looking in a mirror). Bergman uses Freud’s dream-work in the film and one can associate symbols with particular situations in their own dreams. It can be a window, and not an escape, into one’s soul. Freud would be proud of his affiliates and their progress in the world of film by using the science of psychology.
Watch out for the HITCHBERG…
It’s very subtle…so keep your EYES open…
Read my entire essay entitled, Dream Reel: A Study of Freudian Influence on the Films of Alfred Hitchcock and Ingmar Bergman!
LINKS
Marnie Film Information on IMDB
Wild Strawberries Film Information on IMDB
Alfred Hitchcock - The Master of Suspense
IngmarBergman.com
Sigmund Freud - Life and Work
Classics in the History of Psychology - Freud 1900
SUGGESTED READING LIST
1. A book outlining the connection between Sigmund Freud and the arts
Berman, Jeffrey. The Talking Cure. New York: New York University Press, 1985.
2. Sigmund Freud’s famous book outlining all his major theories on dreams, especially the dream-work.
Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
3. A book directly explaining the struggle between art and science with mention of film techniques.
Halpern, Leslie. Dreams on Film. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2003.
WORKS CITED
Alfred Hitchcock - Wikiquote. 27 June 2003. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 25
February 2007. < http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock>.
Berman, Jeffrey. The Talking Cure. New York: New York University Press, 1985.
Braudy, Leo. The World in a Frame. New York: Anchor Books, 1977.
Chappell, Crissa-Jean. Images – Faithless. 4 April 2001. Images: A Journal of
Film and Popular Culture. 25 February 2007.
Eberwein, Robert T. Film and the Dream Screen. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1985.
Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1999.
Gabbard, Glen O. “The Impact of Psychoanalysis on the American Cinema.”
Annual of Psychoanalysis 29 (2001): 237-247.
Halpern, Leslie. Dreams on Film. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2003.
Johnson, Glen Dr. Hitchcock & Psychoanalysis. 8 January 2007. The Catholic
University of America. 25 February 2007.
Marnie. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, and Diane
Baker. Videocassette. Universal, 1999.
Petric, Vlada, ed. Film and Dreams: An Approach to Bergman. New York:
Redgrave Publishing Company, 1981.
Spoto, Donald. The Art of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Anchor Books, 1992.
Wild Strawberries. Dir. Ingmar Bergman. Perf. Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson,
Ingrid Thulin, and Gunnar Bjornstrand. Videocassette. The Voyager Company,
1957.
IMAGE CREDITS
1. Title image
http://www.borgus.com/think/hitch.htm
By: Jeff Bays
2. Freud cartoon image
http://www.deviantart.com/
By: Aldo Gonzalez (~badneko)
3. Red and black film reel (last page on the right)
http://www.deviantart.com/
By: Iera Chainsaw (~SilverChainsaw)
4. Alfred Hitchcock image
http://biografie.leonardo.it/biografia.htm?BioID=614&biografia=Alfred+Hitchcock
and
http://www.arnadal.no/film/actors/hitchcock_alfred.htm
5. Ingmar Bergman image
http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/JanFeb05/IngmarBergman.html
6. Marnie: Gladiolas and red ink stain images
http://www.cinetudes.com/index.php?action=article&id_article=79046&id_rubrique=3239
7. Marnie and Mark image
http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_4571.html
8. Mark and Marnie's mother image
http://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews/marnie.shtml
9. Marnie red screen image
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/psychoanalysis.html
10. Marnie lying down image
http://www.synoptique.ca/core/en/articles/tippi
11. Mark hugging Marnie image
http://www.verdestrigos.org/sitenovo/site/cronica_ver.asp?id=287
12. Red eye
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/eyes/eyes1.html
13. Marnie, young and old images
http://faculty.cua.edu/johnsong/hitchcock/pages/psychoanalysis.html
14. Red and white film reel (last page on the left)
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=68276
15. All Wild Strawberries images and media (two coffin dreams)
http://www.ingmarbergman.se/page.asp?guid=B31C7193-D784-4A94-88F2-98886CF35BFF
and
http://www.bergmanorama.com/films/wild_strawberries.htm
ABOUT ME
My name is Maria. I am 22 years old. I am an Honors English major and am graduating Queens College in May 2007. I hope to go to law school in the fall of 2007.
Read more:
An Introduction to Dreams on Film
Who are HITCH and BERG?
What is MARNIE about?
What is WILD STRAWBERRIES about?
So who is influencing HITCHBERG?
RED RED RED!
Is that you...Borg?
Think Psychoanalysis, Think Freud
Dream-work and Wild Strawberries
Concluding Thoughts, Works Cited, Suggested Reading, Image Credits, and About Me