Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture

RU424 MARY WILD ON OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS ON FILM

Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture

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RU424: MARY WILD PRESENTS OBSESSIONAL NEUROSIS ON FILM

Rendering Unconscious episode 424.

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Mary Wild back to the podcast!

On this episode, Mary discusses her upcoming lecture at RU Center for Psychoanalysis online Wednesday, October 14th, Neurosis on Film, focusing on Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) directed by Blake Edwards, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) directed by Woody Allen, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) directed by Mike Newell, Adaptation (2002) directed by Spike Jonze, Synecdoche, New York (2008) directed by Charlie Kaufman, and Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) directed by Xavier Dolan.

Mary Wild @psycstar is a leading voice in cinema studies, and the creator of the Projections lecture series at Freud Museum London, applying psychoanalysis to film interpretation. She is the author of Psychoanalysing Horror Cinema (Routledge, 2025), and posts exclusive content on Patreon and Substack. https://linktr.ee/psycstar

Monday, December 7th, Mary presents Projections: Cinematic Representations of Mental Illness online via Freud Museum, London. Event is 2 hours and will be recorded and made available for all those who register! https://www.freud.org.uk/event/projections-cinematic-representations-of-mental-illness-2/

RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events:

On Wednesday, October 14th, Mary Wild returns with Neurosis On Film, as part of her Projections series of events on psychoanalysis and cinema. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurosis-on-film-tickets-1998161293217

Saturday, October 24th, Dr. Dan Collins will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2394013

This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027.

Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes

You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule

I am also launching psychoanalytic supervision groups that begin in October! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about

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