| #2947928 in Books | 1994-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.97 x.66 x6.00l,.85 | File Name: 0231072872 | 277 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| psychoanalysis and film|By Dr G|I have read Dr. Greenberg's books (this one and "The Movies On Your Mind") many times over many years. They are unparalleled. Despite (but really because of) the intense analysis you enjoy the films even more when you see them again.||Not only does it clear away the fog from much deliberately opaque writing on the subject, but, like the rest of this playfully deep book look at the movies, it's fun to read. (Washington Post Book World)|From the Back Cover
Screen Memories delves into the psychological features of mainstream movies from Casablanca to Working Girl. While most psychoanalytic film criticism is highly theoretical, Dr. Greenberg, a practicing clinician, writes in an entertaining, informative style that will appeal to fans and scholars alike.
Greenberg begins with an overview of the history and methods of psychoanalytic film criticism. He then focuses upon character, motivation, and c...
