ABSTRACT
Jungian Analytical Psychology has a lot to offer to film theory and film analysis, from the psychology and functioning of narrative structure to the discussion of the projective-introjective relationship between the audience and the screen. Yet, it still does not cover certain aspects of film analysis. For instance, Jungian psychology traditionally overlooks personal interaction in favour of ‘the bigger picture’ (individuation). In this sense, the personal is obscured by the abstract and the spiritual whereby relationships are transposed into the archetypal sphere. Yet, this does not always prove effective when discussing the interaction between characters on screen. Translating all relations into archetypal ‘language’ is as reductive and limiting a technique as looking for the Oedipus complex in every narrative, as theories work best in combinations and not on their own.
