Visible Mind: Movies, modernity and the unconscious

If dramatic structure is intrinsic to the human mind, it suggests, perhaps, that there could be a psychological basis for the paradoxes that inform all great drama and characterization.

change. It is important not to oversimplify Jung’s ideas, and not to use them as tools for the reductive analysis of film texts which could otherwise be amplified – i.e. examined in a ‘respectful’ manner taking into consideration the complexity and independence of unconscious processes behind both filmmaking and film viewing.

Marsha Sinetar published the first book that specifically discussed the use of movies as a tool for personal growth: Reel Power — Spiritual Growth Through Film