Description:
From Nosferatu or Un chien andalou to Pan's Labyrinth or Inception, there are many films that involve dreams and nightmares, taking the viewer on an exciting psychic journey. Based on psychoanalytic theories of dreams and featuring numerous examples, this book presents an aesthetic and historic analysis of the issues involved while also giving readers the keys to understanding the intimate links between images and deeply hidden, or subconscious, thoughts. The work's original historical and aesthetic approach to cinema as dream factory offers an opportunity to reflect on the links between dream-states and film.
Brief description: Professeure à l'Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3.