Work · Jean-Paul Sartre
The Freud Scenario
Screenplay versions imagine Freud's investigations through scenes, conflicts and encounters, exploring the discovery of the unconscious.
Understanding the text
Written for John Huston's project and published posthumously; the released film does not simply follow this text.
Key points
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Dramatization
Theoretical discovery becomes a succession of filmable situations and relationships.
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Psychoanalysis
Sartre engages a theory he criticizes elsewhere without fiction abolishing disagreement.
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Version
Revisions expose constraints of duration, production and representation.
How to read it
Distinguish historical Freud, screenplay character and Huston's film.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗
1983
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