Endless Night

Janet Bergstrom

• 30 juni 1999
• 9780520207486

Samenvatting:

The "endless night" that film theory and psychoanalysis share is the darkness they face in their quest for the logics of intelligibility. This text argues that film theory must be written with a strong sense of historical consciousness, curiosity and archaeological craft.

"A fascinating anthology . . . owing to the renown of the contributors as well as the thought-provoking arguments and approaches raised by the essays."—David Rodowick, author of The Crisis of Political Modernism

The "endless night" that film theory and psychoanalysis share is the darkness that these two disciplines face in their quest for the logics of intelligibility. This collection emphasizes the history of theory to demonstrate that film theory must be written with a strong sense of historical consciousness, curiosity, and archaeological craft. The volume brings together film theorists and practicing psychoanalysts to encourage an exchange of views between disciplines that encounter each other all too rarely.