A Brief Analysis of "Doctor Edward" from a Psychological Perspective

Edmond 2022-03-21 09:02:10

The film tells a love story, Dr. Peterson falls in love with a doctor Edward who has just been transferred to their hospital, but after a series of strange things, Dr. Peterson finds that this doctor Edward is not Dr. Peterson, he is a fake. goods. When she found out about this fact, her colleagues found out too, and they called the police. JB chooses to run away to keep his beloved Constance from getting involved in this matter, and Constance is convinced that he can cure JB, he is just sick. Then the two of them ran off to Constance's mentor, and Constance finally went through a series of brilliant psychoanalytic methods, such as dream interpretation, to help JB recall who he was, his childhood experiences, and Dr. Edward's true cause of death.

Freud's psychoanalytic school regarded people's dreams as very important. He believed that dreams were the first in a series of abnormal mental phenomena, so he wrote the book "The Analysis of Dreams" to explain some of his ideas about dreams. Theoretical research found. In this movie, JB's dream is the key to unlocking the truth of Dr. Edward's death, which is the pure source of mental stimulation in the source of dreams that Freud believed, that is, what you do during the day, there will be a certain probability of appearing in the night. in a dream. And JB's dream is because he received a serious stimulus, he will have the dream of the cause of Dr. Edward's death.

Freud also believed that all psychological disorders are related to early childhood experiences. JB has a serious sense of guilt because he accidentally killed his brother when he was a child, he always thought he killed his brother, so he lived in deep guilt until Constance healed him Feeling, and always thought that he killed Dr. Edward. All the things he said to Constance confirmed it: "I don't deserve your love." "I'm a murderer."

This film is the originator of psychoanalytic film, which shows psychoanalysis to the public in the form of film, and is a landmark film.

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Spellbound quotes

  • Dr. Murchison: [with his revolver pointed at Constance] You're an excellent analyst, Dr. Peterson, but a rather stupid woman.

  • Constance Petersen: I'll make you coffee with an egg in it.