Traumatic flights, imaginary parents and neurotic bourgeoisie
Damián Szifrón’s blockbuster Wild Tales came to the box office as a landmark in Argentinian cinema, not only because it reveals a deep gaze on the aggressive nature of a culture that self-repressed its traumas, but also because every Western culture can contemplate ethically its own scars in this co...
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| description | Damián Szifrón’s blockbuster Wild Tales came to the box office as a landmark in Argentinian cinema, not only because it reveals a deep gaze on the aggressive nature of a culture that self-repressed its traumas, but also because every Western culture can contemplate ethically its own scars in this collection of anecdotic tales. Only the fact that Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar would want to produce the work of his young Argentinian counterpart says a lot about the necessity to utilize cinema as a chock therapy where the audience confronts its own wild and primitive nature (The Freudian Id), hidden in its deep interior through centuries of accumulated repression. This article focuses on the figure of the imaginary father, as defined by French analyst Jacques Lacan, in order to explore how the chapters of the film form of chain that presents cultural traumas, historical and individual causes, as well as the neurosis surrounding the Argentinian bourgeoisie, usual ruler of social behavior in the majority of Western societies. In line with the recent work of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, this research will observe how each chapter of Wild Tales decomposes the ethical symptoms of a society that is aware of its neurotic behaviors to the point that it acknowledges that comic explosions of its wild sides is the most efficient therapy that cinema can offer. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-198442019-07-31T15:14:22Z Traumatic flights, imaginary parents and neurotic bourgeoisie Vuelos traumáticos, padres imaginarios y burguesía neurótica Conrod, Frédéric Szifrón Relatos Salvajes Lacan Zizek Padre imaginario Argentina Szifrón Wild Tales Lacan Žižek Imaginary Father Argentina Damián Szifrón’s blockbuster Wild Tales came to the box office as a landmark in Argentinian cinema, not only because it reveals a deep gaze on the aggressive nature of a culture that self-repressed its traumas, but also because every Western culture can contemplate ethically its own scars in this collection of anecdotic tales. Only the fact that Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar would want to produce the work of his young Argentinian counterpart says a lot about the necessity to utilize cinema as a chock therapy where the audience confronts its own wild and primitive nature (The Freudian Id), hidden in its deep interior through centuries of accumulated repression. This article focuses on the figure of the imaginary father, as defined by French analyst Jacques Lacan, in order to explore how the chapters of the film form of chain that presents cultural traumas, historical and individual causes, as well as the neurosis surrounding the Argentinian bourgeoisie, usual ruler of social behavior in the majority of Western societies. In line with the recent work of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, this research will observe how each chapter of Wild Tales decomposes the ethical symptoms of a society that is aware of its neurotic behaviors to the point that it acknowledges that comic explosions of its wild sides is the most efficient therapy that cinema can offer. La película Relatos salvajes de Damián Szifrón ha marcado la historia del cine argentino desde el día de su estreno, y no sólo porque ofrece una mirada íntima hacia un fondo agresivo de una cultura que auto-reprimió sus traumas sino también porque todas las culturas occidentales encuentran en esta colección de relatos anecdóticos un reflejo ético de sus propias heridas. El hecho de que el director español Pedro Almodóvar quisiera producir la obra del joven argentino habla mucho sobre la necesidad de usar el séptimo arte como terapia de choque donde el público se enfrenta con su naturaleza salvaje y primitiva (el Id freudiano), escondida en su profundo interior por siglos de represión acumulada. Este artículo se concentra en la figura del padre imaginario, definida por el psicoanalista francés Jacques Lacan, para explorar cómo se encadenan los capítulos de la película en su afán de presentar los traumas culturales, sus causas históricas e individuales, y la neurosis que se concentra alrededor de la clase burguesa que determina en Argentina – como en la mayoría del Occidente – el comportamiento social. Asimismo, y siguiendo el pensamiento teórico del filósofo esloveno Slavoj Žižek, se observará cómo en cada corto que compone Relatos salvajes se descomponen los síntomas éticos de una sociedad consciente de sus comportamientos neuróticos hasta reconocer que la explosión cómica de sus lados salvajes es la terapia más eficaz que le pueda ofrecer el cine. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2018-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/19844 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n1.19844 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2018): Figuras de Dios; 49-60 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/19844/19573 Derechos de autor 2018 Ética&Cine Journal |
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