Freud: Libido and Neurosis

 Freud: Libido and Neurosis


Woody Allen's films, although sometimes they become very magically realism, 
It never really verges into a discourse that is psychotic or even perverse, it
coalesces around neurosis.
By neurosis we have different definitions of
Neurosis
subcategories:
Hysteria
Melancholia 
Narcissism
Obsessional Neurosis

My argument again is hysteria, melancholia and narcissism do sometimes appear in his
work, but for the majority 90pct of the time, obsessional neurosis is really what's going on. 
in his work. 

 --- next slide titled
Obsessional Neurosis - pictured Kate Winslet


Source:

Projections: Woody Allen - The Cinema of Neurosis. Seminar from the Freud Museum of London. Presenter: Mary Wild. Session 1 - Love, pt. 1Friday 30 April 2021



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