Annegret Mahler-Bungers, Dr. phil., studied literature, philosophy and history of arts. She is a psychoanalyst and training analyst of the IPA, a member
and teacher at the "Alexander- Mitscherlich-Institut" in Kassel/ Germany.

She has had work published on psychoanalysis and group analysis,
psychoanalysis of culture and literature, literature of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism.

Abstract

In this paper the great success of the film "Run, Lola Run" - mainly with young people - comes into question. Which aesthetic means are conveying the unconscious message of the film? In respect to the semiotic interplay of the story which is being told with the pictures, the motions, the very important soundtrack, and other cinematographic means this film can be understood as a special kind of "opera" about important and typical adolescent conflicts the young generation has to struggle with today: the compulsion of reality and time contra the obsession of the omnipotent wish and the desire to save.

Author's address: Heckenmühle, D-34326 Morschen, Germany
 

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