The Pleasure of Gazing: Psychoanalysis of Film Text

Author: Christian Metz
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The structure of watching pleasure in traditional film contexts exists with two contradictory aspects. This book focuses on explaining how the film text and the subject (the viewer) mutually construct each other in the operation of desire in psychoanalysis. The selected essays include both the classic studies by Mulvey, Bordwell, and Metz, as well as the brilliant film interpretations by Deleuze, ?i?ek, Prince, and others. Furthermore, Furet's two essays are highly helpful for understanding the new developments in film theory. "What is cinema?" When Bazin's question entered the field of visual culture studies, it primarily focused on the relationship between the machinery for producing and projecting films (including projectors, screens, cinemas, etc.) and the images with the viewer. This book focuses on explaining how the film text and the subject (the viewer) mutually construct each other in the operation of desire in psychoanalysis. The selected essays include both the classic studies by Mulvey, Bordwell, and Metz, as well as the brilliant film interpretations by Deleuze, ?i?ek, Prince, and others. Moreover, Furet's two essays are very helpful for us to understand the new developments in film theory.