Film Studies 1022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Oedipus Complex, Neurosis, Voyeurism
15 Apr 2016
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You"re a big boy now : hitchcock"s vertigo and the male spectator. When watching the film, you"re passively watching it rather than fully taking it in. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Irrational impulses are caused by the unconscious: you"re driven be things you"re not aware of. Repression produces neuroses: repress trauma, and all kinds of things. Therapy helps (understanding one"s unconscious drives; interpretation of dreams and fantasies can facilitate this process) Typically coded as male as well as heterosexual. Made to fulfill desires and alleviate the anxieties of the heterosexual male. Heterosexual male desire get from looking at erotic or. Women are only to be looked at, there when needed but out of the way when not. The male audience as well as male character desire the female characters. Females are shown to never have desires of their own. Related what it saw in film (stereotypical portrayal of females in film) to real life world and broader context.
