Sigmund Freud’s ‘Dora’

Synopsis

Female lips in close-up recount a conversation concerning psychoanalysis as we see a series of dates and events providing a chronology of the years 1882-1905, from the birth of ‘Dora’ to the publication of Freud’s case history of her. Four dialogues follow, each preceded by a refilmed TV advertisement and an extract from a pornographic film.
Freud’s ‘Dora’ is used as text to discuss the representation of female sexuality in psychoanalytic theory.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 35 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1979

Availability

Hire

Uses

Women’s studies MA courses.

Subjects

Psychiatry; Women’s studies

Keywords

case histories; Freud, Sigmund; psychoanalysis

Credits

Director

Andrew Tyndall; Anthony McCall; Claire Pajaczkowska; Jane Weinstock

Cast

Joel Kovel
Suzanne Fletcher

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

BFI Film Bookings Unit

Email

bookings.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7957 8938 / 8935

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