Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis / Peter Verstraten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verstraten, Peter, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse, distributor.

Series:

Framing film (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures--Netherlands.

Psychoanalysis and motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Psychological aspects.

History.

Netherlands.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

482 pages : illustraties ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Eye Filmmuseum/Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis' is a sequel to 'Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-war Fiction Film' (AUP, 2016), but the two studies can be read separately. Because of the sheer variety of Fons Rademakers's oeuvre, which spans 'art' cinema and cult, genre film and historical epics, each chapter will start with one of his titles to introduce a key concept from psychoanalysis. It is an oft-voiced claim that Dutch cinema strongly adheres to realism, but psychoanalytic theories on desire and fantasy are employed to put this idea into perspective. In the vein of cinephilia, this study brings together canonical titles (ALS TWEE DRUPPELS WATER; SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE) and little gems (MONSIEUR HAWARDEN; KRACHT). It juxtaposes among others GLUCKAUF and DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER (on father figures); FLANAGAN and SPOORLOOS (on rabbles and heroes); DE AANSLAG and LEEDVERMAAK (on historical traumas); ANTONIA and BLUEBIRD (on aphanisis).

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Unrealized Potential of Dutch `Art' Cinema

The Gargling Sounds of Dutch

Sex Sells, To Some Extent

Scenes from a Marriage: Psychoanalysis and Cinema

The Imaginary, the Symbolic, the Real: Three Cameos by Fons Rademakers

Cinephilia Ties the Book Together

1. Spitting Images, Blind Spots, and Dark Mirrors

From Ideal Ego to Ego-Ideal: Als Twee Druppels Water

Putting On A Charade: Suskind

Hair, Hair, Flow It, (Do Not) Show It: Milo

No Sheiks of Baghdad: Gebroken Spiegels

The Ambiguity of (an) Avatar: R U There

Traversing the Fantasy

A Tale of Two Sisters: Zwart Water

Conclusion: Through a Glass Darkly

2. In the Name of Fathers

Overbearing, Flying, or Otherwise

A Preacher Teacher, A Mouthpiece of his Wife, and an Irresponsible Bon Vivant

Father as a Memory-Image: Pervola, Sporen in de Sneeuw

Great Pretenders: Bloed, Zweet & Tranen; Lek, and Karakter

First Reformed Fathers: The Sub-Genre of Religious Fervour

Pathetic Fathers as Addressee: De Avonden and Abel

A (Broken) Chain of Dead Fathers: Gluckauf

Restoring the Image of the Father

In Search of the Imaginary Father: De Vliegende Hollander

Conclusion: Three Fathers

3. That Obscure Object of Desire

Amour Fou: Love Romances In Dialogue with French Cinema

Posthumous Infatuation: Havinck

Love Regained at the Point of Dying: De Grot

The Pros and Cons of Good Etiquette: Het Meisje En De Dood and Wildschut

Love after an Act of Violence: De Poolse Bruid

Perhaps Love: Boven is Het Stil

The Frequency of Love: 170 Hz and Out of Love

Only the Bastards: Hemel and Instinct

The Devil's Advocate: Loos

Conclusion: Desire of the Other

4. From Ordinary Men and Rabbles to Heroes

Accidental `Hero': Soldaat Van Oranje

Female Daredevils: Pastorale 1943 and Het Meisje Met Het Rode Haar

The Partisan and the Schemer: In De Schaduw Van De Overwinning

The Joke of Being a Hero: De Ijssalon

Du Kannst, Denn Du Sollst: Beyond Sleep Versus Dokter Pulder Zaait Papavers

The Fury of a Patient Man: Flanagan

In There, No One Can Hear You Scream: Spoorloos

Conclusion: Capable of Excess

5. Paranoia, Psychosis, the Horrific-Fantastic

A Killer in the Canals: Amsterdamned

Existential Isolation: Paranoia

Lady in the Lake: Van De Koele Meren Des Doods

Memoirs of a Nerve Patient: Shock head soul

A Cyborg Messiah: Robocop

Dutch ExistenZ: De Marionettenwereld and Wereld Van Stilstand

Dark Water: De Poel

One Sister-bride for Seven Brothers in a Dutch Slasher: De Johnsons

Conclusion: Stranger Things

6. PASSAGES A L'ACTE

A Calculated Blackout: Joao En Het Mes

Murderous Acts With or Without Actors: Rooie Sien and Het Teken Van Het Beest

Licence to Ride a Cab: Nachtrit

Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves: Tirza

It's Oh So Quiet: Onder Ons

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Schemer

I'm Deranged: Van God Los

Requiem for a Champ: Wolf

Conclusion: Where is my Mind?

7. From Historical Discomfort to Historical Trauma

`Thy Paths of Righteousness': Max Havelaar

A Constitutional Habit of Stinging: De Schorpioen

Song to the Siren: Het Zwijgen

Smooth Catholic Criminals: De Bende Van Oss

Strategic Masquerades: Zwartboek

ADutch rashomon: De Aanslag

Time Out of Joint: Leedvermaak

Death and the Maiden: Charlotte

Married to the Mob: Layla M.

Conclusion: What Time Is It There?

8. Aphanisis

Guilty of Desire: Amnesia

Gender Trouble: Monsieur Hawarden

Farmer Seeks Wife: Kracht

Rewriting Brueghel into Utopian Feminism: Antonia

Take These Broken Wings: Bluebird

Haptic Effects (With a Proviso)

Ascetic Styles: Guernsey and Brownian Movement

Leave No Trace: Code Blue and Nothing Personal

Winter Sonata: Verdwijnen

Dancing in the Dark: Lena

Conclusion: The Discomfort of Strangers

9. Hysteria, Neurosis, Perversion

Portrait of a Lady: Eline Vere

Runaway `Mother': Nadine

Call Me By My

-Not Your

- Name: Black Butterflies

A Walking Contradiction with Prussian Sour: Mysteries

Mother and Son with Champagne and Mozart: De Witte Waan

Unruly Behaviour: Pentimento Versus Spetters and Showgirls

Karma Chameleon: Elle

Enjoying It Like a Virgin: Flesh + Blood

A Calvinist Pervert: Brimstone

Conclusion: Ciphered Messages and Silent Contracts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, indexes and filmography.

ISBN:

9463725334

9789463725330

OCLC:

1232228127

Publisher Number:

99989475410