The Shadow Self in Film

<p> This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected other. The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won't go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie the book starts with Mamoulian's <I>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</I> and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films <I>Shadow of a Doubt</I> and <I>Strangers on a Train</I>; two versions of <I>Cape Fear</I> J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original and Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake; and a pair of Clint Eastwood films <I>In the Line of Fire</I> and <I>Blood Work</I>. The book then examines <I>Something Wild Sea of Love Fight Club Desperately Seeking Susan Apocalypse Now</I> and <I>The Lives of Others</I>. Overall the book aims to show how movies envision the unconscious Other we all too often project on other people.</p>