Abstract
This study explicates the relevance of Jung's theory of the collective unconscious and its archetypal manifestations to film criticism. The relationships between cinematic form and archetypal image patterns in dreams and myths suggest film to be an ideal medium for unconscious expression and direct attention to vital thematic elements in a film's visual and narrative structures. Similarly, the collective origins of archetypal, or “visionary,”; images and motifs permit cinematic works to be viewed as reflections of the psychic state of their surrounding community.
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