Let me first talk about as a psychology student who has just come into contact with Freud's psychoanalytic knowledge, I have some personal analysis and thinking about the crime complex in the film that combines the self, the id, and the superego. As the main line of crime complex developed by Garmes, Garmes has always believed that he killed his father, this is not an illusion. /The psychoanalyst Constance believes that some wrong ideas caused him to have hallucinations. People often feel guilty and guilty for things they have not done. This goes back to their childhood. Children often hope for something terrible. The thing happened to someone he didn't like. When something happened to that person, the child would believe that he was the culprit. This is the cause of the crime complex, but it is actually just a nightmare for the child. Psychoanalysis can help patients clearly realize this, and then the criminal complex will disappear. /
Later, Garmes' condition deteriorated. He tried to kill Dr. Fleurot, but he chopped his own throat. Although it is not shown in the film that the treatment of Garmes was only taken in a hurry, it can be speculated that Garmes’ criminal complex may be due to dissatisfaction and resentment towards father or parent-child interaction in early childhood. This accumulation of emotions is suppressed by the superego. , Because this kind of emotion is not allowed and does not conform to the moral and behavioral standards. If this kind of emotion is indulged, the conscience will be condemned. And because the selfish, primitive, immoral things that the id strives for are completely restricted by the superego, it can only be vented in dreams, and children will vent their dissatisfaction with their fathers in dreams. The plot is reflected in the father’s dreams. Encountered something terrible. And this will cause the reality, the id, and the superego to cause tremendous pressure on the self. The self serves the superego and the id and follows the principles of reality. However, their previous conflicts make the self unable to coordinate and cause anxiety.
At this time, the self-defense mechanism will be activated, and Garmes manifests itself as a powerful impulse to suppress the self. As a result, this impulse seems to be confirmed after his father suffered an accident. He fell into the pain and self-defense of killing his father. Responsibility, guilt. And because the id is a reservoir of instinct, this powerful impulse to destroy will also cause harm to the people around it, embodied in Garmes' attempt to kill the analyst.
In fact, when I saw this explanation, I suddenly remembered that I would often have some horrible dreams about my mother's misfortune. After being suddenly awakened, I was at a loss. From the perspective of psychoanalysis, this is closely related to the memory of being beaten and scolded by her with a stick repeatedly during my childhood. My feelings for my mother are very complicated. I may hate her more than the experience of love, so it is difficult. Imagine if she really had an accident one day, would I fall into neurological self-defense like Garmes in the film.
Next, let me talk about the whole movie watching experience~ This is the first time to see the whole process of psychoanalysis so intuitively, but the psychoanalysis in the film is still a bit far-fetched and bizarre, but it is worth noting that the movie was released in 1945. Years, it is not so "authoritative" if you look at it now. Hitchcock is good at creating suspense, and the combination of Dr. Edward's soundtrack and several plots is the perfect embodiment. The first suspense point raised in the plot is John's strange reaction when answering the phone, suggesting that this person is most likely not the real Doctor Edward, but he must be inextricably linked to him. And John's nervous expression when he saw the stripes drawn by Constance on the tablecloth, and the expression that was obviously stimulated when the heroine analyzed Garmes' crime complex. These details all show that John is not an ordinary person, and more or less still has some psychological problems. If you put aside these things, this film is a proper romance, and even a little bit funny. John is actually a humorous lover, and even though Constance is ridiculed by those analysts as a "cold" stunner without emotion, she is actually an ordinary woman who falls in love once she falls in love at first sight. Although the love for John is born Partly because of the admiration brought by the false identity, but in the end it did not stop her from loving and guarding him uncontrollably. In the entire process of unraveling John’s suspicion, psychoanalytic theory emphasizes the importance of memory clue extraction and early childhood experience-it must be traced back to the lost memory of John’s getting along with Dr. Edward to find the truth, back to childhood The experience of finding the source of sensitivity. However, the dual relationship between John and Constance actually violates the professional ethics of psychoanalysis. Excessive empathy and counter-transference are extremely dangerous for both treatment parties. Although the movie is happy ending, but almost all of the plots created by Hitchock + the heroine's almost versatile escape ability + unreserved trust in a suspected man with amnesia and persistence in helping him retrieve his memories. This movie is only With logical rationality and visibility. But it is undeniable that Constance's treatment from start to finish is "playing with fire", almost losing value neutrality, and will only cause damage to his own judgment and potential danger to John. From the daily work of psychoanalysts, we can see that this is a high-risk industry, and patient injury may happen at any time. Freud's psychoanalytic theory was only able to deepen until Alex. The old man immediately pointed out the key clue that he should turn to John's dream. The male protagonist did not show resistance and directly accepted the dream analysis. Interpretation of dreams is a huge breakthrough. Alex explained to Interpretation of Dreams here: "So you can know who you are and what makes you escape yourself. These secrets are present in your subconscious mind. Dreams can also tell you to hide. What? The dream interpreter examines these chaotic dreams, and then finds out the source of evil. Just tell these dreams." We saw how Alex and constance reasoned step by step from John’s dreams about what he feared. With the help of the subconscious, they gradually uncovered the secret memories John tried to forget, from card games to 21 Club, from wings and escape to angel Valley. . There is one more detail: the final truth is presented with the help of constance, because only based on Constance's understanding of John (fear of whiteness, stripes, etc.), can the "angel valley" deduced by the father be the ultimate goal. land. The details of the heroine's presence can be regarded as adding a little credibility to the overly bizarre dream interpretation of the film. There are three tension points that make me feel the most exciting in the film. The first is the conversation between the male protagonist holding a razor and going downstairs to Alex when he is about to have a mental breakdown. The second is the reappearance of the scene when the female protagonist and the male protagonist finally arrive to ski in the valley. Is the chief doctor going to shoot Constance who is known to him? It is indeed the style of the Hitchcock movie, intense, exciting, and eerie and changeable, and the audience will never guess what happened in the end. Alex also showed his distrust and contempt for women, even their proud female students, who are engaged in scientific careers after entering a state of love. He believes that women in love operate at the lowest level of intelligence, and science does not allow any entrainment. When talking about emotions and feelings, keep your head clear, Constance retorted: Mind isn't everything. Her part of her emotional intuition tells her that this man is not an evil person. Alex disagrees with her remarks and thinks of love. It is nonsense to be able to judge justice and evil. This dialogue embodies two extremes, one emphasizing feelings and the other emphasizing rationality, and we can see that in psychoanalysis, these are the two ends of the balance. Only by maintaining a balance can treatment be achieved. Without the cooperation of the two, Alex and Constance would not be able to get the final truth.
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