Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

English

"Andrea Sabbadini's Moving Images is a brilliant, clearly written and illuminating collection of essays on film and psychoanalysis. The films he discusses range from those with manifest psychoanalytical content (e.g. Spellbound), to others with more latent ones (e.g. Kes). His original and challenging readings are an irresistible blend of psychoanalytical expertise and sheer delight in film. Books on film and psychoanalysis can often be opaque or hard-going. Moving Images is a wonderful exception that proves the rule." - Peter William Evans, Queen Mary, University of London "The passionate love-story between Psychoanalysis and Cinema presents in this book one of its most convincing and superb peaks. Andrea Sabbadini, an outstanding British analyst and organizer of the "European Psychoanalytic Film Festival" held in London since 2000, shows all his competence and contagious enthusiasm in dealing with this exciting topic.A deep and thoughtful work, a real pleasure for the reader." - Stefano Bolognini, President of the International Psychoanalytical Association "Sabbadini writes with a sensibility that befits his role as director of the European Film Festival... Moving Images is a very scholarly work. For psychoanalysts who go to the movies as a busman's holiday, this book will be a wonderful cinematic travelogue. For students of the humanities who watch through a psychoanalytic lens, this book will be a delight." - Jaine Darwin, PsycCRITIQUES