Jungian reflections on literary and film classics : Opus 1 - American beauty

1 Reflections on the film. 2 The dysfunction of American relationships. 3 Paying attention to ourselves. 4 Defining the heroic or redemptive personality. 5 Finding our way through

'Every now and again, along comes a movie that seems to speak to the psyche of America. In 1999 the film American Beauty seemed to do that. A dream about America and its family life. It is important to remember, however, that dreams are symbolic, not literal, according to Jung. This film is not about the disintegrations of the literal American family, but rather about what can go wrong in the psyche of the participants and members of that family....' --Introduction

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