The Shadow Self in Film: Projecting the Unconscious Other

by Gershon Reiter

This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "other." The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won't go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie, the book starts with Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films, Shadow of a Doubt and Strangers on a Train;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786476648
• ISBN13: 9780786476640
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher