Shadow Self in Film
This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "other." The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won''t go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie, the book starts with Mamoulian''s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films, Shadow...
This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "other." The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won''t go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie, the book starts with Mamoulian''s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films, Shadow...
