In 1940, the great director Alfred Hitchcock successfully introduced the theory of psychology into his films, and filmed the epoch-making "Doctor Edward". Known as the era of reading pictures, in our age, the popularity of movies and television has diversified the way we acquire knowledge. For Hitchcock, in his time psychology had just established a relatively complete system. In 1900, Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams" attracted the attention of the world, but its true meaning was not universally accepted by the world. identify. Hitchcock quickly discovered the value of psychology. In "The Psycho" we saw the murders caused by split personality, and in "The Ropes" Hitchcock used his delicate technique to show The emotions between two homosexuals, and in "Rear Window" we see the voyeuristic desire that exists in everyone's heart. The classics of these films are largely the perfect intervention of modern psychology.
The movie "Dr. Edward" tells the story of the director of the mental hospital, Murchison, who is about to retire and takes over the young and promising Dr. Edward. Peterson, a young and beautiful female doctor in the hospital, fell in love with him, but found out that the lover in front of him was not Dr. Edward, and the real Edward's secretary came to point out that this impostor was Edward's murderer. Faced with the confusing identity of his lover, Peterson never believed that he was a murderer, but Dean Murchison used psychoanalysis to confirm the "facts". What's more tricky is that this fake Edward also believes that he is guilty. He doesn't even know who he is or what he has experienced. Peterson insisted on her judgment, and she decided to help him find out the truth of the incident. Under the pursuit of the police, she took him to the home of the professor of psychoanalysis, and started a series of wonderful psychoanalysis process, the shadow of his childhood and the truth of Dr. Edward's murder gradually surfaced.
Hitchcock's greatness lies in his perfect presentation of the story. In "Dr. Edward" we see three classic psychological descriptions: memories of childhood. Childhood memories occupy a lot of space in the human subconscious. When people grow up, they may force themselves to forget their unpleasant childhood. However, this part of the memory will not disappear, but will remain in the mind and become a guide for a series of future behaviors. For example, JB pretending to be Doctor Edward. When he saw the white and stripes, he seemed very nervous and had a tendency to faint or commit a crime, which was related to the unconscious death of his younger brother when he was a child. Must be a murderer, condemn yourself. When Dr. Edward died, under the action of his mental defense mechanism, he instinctively imagined himself as Dr. Edward to cover up his mistaken belief that he was the murderer, all of which stemmed from his childhood being a kind of reaction to the death of his younger brother. complex. Here, the two parallel lines (representing the two slides in front of the door) still play a role in making him fearful and nervous. That is to say, the parallel lines symbolize the left and right slides in front of the door. Because the slide reminded him of falling to the death, the sight of stripes makes him anxious. Analysis of dreams. Freud discovered that the unconscious potential of people has a huge impact on people. Among them, the images of dreams can better reflect a kind of human nature. In the latent unconsciousness of the experiences and events many years ago, we may think that we have forgotten it, or we may think that it is not important, but some images will keep appearing in our dreams. This kind of unconsciousness often makes people repeat mistakes. On the surface, everyone is the same person, but in fact, they can be divided into several people in the bottom of their hearts, and emotions are also governing personal behavior. Therefore, a dream is a subconscious reaction to the real world. By analyzing the things in the dream, we can see the individual's past behavior and human nature more clearly. So in "Dr. Edward," we see Dr. Peterson insist on guiding BJ to tell his dreams. Find past memories from dreams. Club 21 appears in BJ's dream, with Dalí's big-eyed decorations, and the masked club owner, including the roof and wheels, all of which suggest the crime scene and the identity of the perpetrator. The dream Peterson parsed eventually helped B. J returned the memory. Of course, the movie still explains the analysis of dreams superficially, because although dreams are closely related to our psychology, it does not mean that what we dream can unravel. The analysis of dreams is based on a more objective and scientific theory. 3. Regarding the question of whether emotions are antagonistic in consulting work, as we have seen in this film, Dr. Peterson is in love with the fake Dr. Edward. This kind of love can make her completely believe that he is not a murderer. This kind of love can make her She healed his beliefs. It is this kind of love that makes BJ lift layers of psychological defenses, smooth out the criminal complex in childhood, face his own experience, actively cooperate with treatment, and find himself.
It's hard to say whether psychology made the film, or whether the film promoted psychology. But what is certain is that it was Hitchcock who successfully introduced psychology into film, which provided a new direction for the future development of film, and also made psychological film occupy an extremely important position in the world film circle.
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