This essential is dedicated to the connection between psychoanalysis and film. Psychoanalysis is suitable for a methodically guided film viewing. This is not an application of psychoanalytical theory, but rather an application of its method of a reflected relationship to a counterpart. In this way, latent meanings can be taken into consideration and an interpretation can be developed. This essential reconstructs the possibilities of such an approach and presents existing approaches. Finally, a guideline for carrying out a film psychoanalytical interpretation is proposed. Numerous film examples serve to illustrate this.

The author

Timo Storck is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Psychologische Hochschule Berlin as well as a psychological psychotherapist and psychoanalyst.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.