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Author Rieber, R. W. (Robert W.), author.

Title Film, television and the psychology of the social dream / Robert W. Rieber, Robert J. Kelly ; with a contribution from Charles Winick.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Springer, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 183 pages) : illustrations
Contents The Cultural Psychology of Motion Pictures: Dreams that Money Can Buy -- The Aliens in Us and the Aliens Out There: Science Fiction in the Movies -- The Role of Movies and Mental Health by Charles Winick -- Bedlam in Spyland: Is Bourne Bond? -- The Cult of Celebrity: How Hollywood Created Reality -- Life Imitating Art: Organized Crime on Screen -- Media and Film Influences on Popular Culture -- Conclusions: The Inventor, the Detective, and the Warrior.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary From the flickering images of the earliest silent films to today's billion-dollar blockbusters, films have captivated the public's eyes, hearts, and psyches. Reflecting - and often creating - the tenor of their times, they combine layers of symbolic and metaphorical images to make a stronger internal impact on their viewers than the still image or the printed word. The compelling pages of Film, Television and the Psychology of the Social Dream illuminate the profound emotional processes involved as films inform and transform our unconscious and conscious minds. Drawing on original and classic scholarship in its field, this provocative volume analyzes these interactions through a wide array of influential films, including pioneering German expressionist works, the Star Trek cycle, and The Godfather. Movies' transformative role in molding philosophies and ethics is shown as the larger meanings of public heroes, stars, fears, and desires evolve, and as salient genres embody more than simply a good story. But despite this century of evolution, the authors assert, one thing remains constant: the critical place of film in communicating individual dreams as well as the shared dreams of a society.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Subject Motion Pictures -- psychology.
Mass Media -- psychology.
Television.
Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects.
Television -- Psychological aspects.
Psychology.
History of psychology.
Culture -- Study and teaching.
Popular culture -- Study and teaching.
Psychology -- Research.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Motion pictures -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01027364
Television -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01146594
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kelly, Robert J., 1938- author.
ISBN 9781461471752 (electronic bk.)
1461471753 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 10.1007/978-1-4614-7175-2 doi
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