The Dizziness of Freedom. Kubrick - Freud - Jung

• Authors: Piskorz A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author analyses Stanley Kubrick's films, taking into consideration the motif of fear and delineating its four types: individual, collective, clinical and cultural. Fear and anxiety constitute one of the most prominent subjects of Kubrick's narratives. His films are particularly rich in examples of collective fears as manifestations of particular anxieties typical for modern Western societies such as the fear of war, terror, nuclear holocaust, terminal disease (AIDS, cancer), violence, and sexuality. The author applies Freudian psychoanalysis and, especially, Jungian notions of archetypes in order to understand better the various drives and urges governing characters' behaviour. The thesis of the essay states that fear cannot be perceived only as a destructive force, since it pushes people towards new horizons and thus enables them to enjoy a bigger choice in life. It offers them, as Kierkegaard puts it, the dizziness of freedom.

Keywords

EN

KUBRICK STANLEY; FREUD SIGMUND; JUNG CARL GUSTAW

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 61
• Pages: 163-173
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Piskorz A.

• A. Piskorz, Akademia Pedagogiczna w Krakowie, Instytut Neofilologii, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04769085