The Enduring appeal of survival films between representation and reception in against the Ice (2022) and Mad Max: fury road (2015)
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2023
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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This Research aims to investigate the enduring appeal of survival films. It highlights the patterns of the survival genre by analysing two feature films, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Against the Ice (2022). The genre develops a peculiar bond with the audience as it addresses their unconscious desires and needs which cannot be expressed in their real life. To this end, the study employs Psychoanalytic concepts; the Jungian Collective Unconscious and the Lacanian Real. It, additionally, touches upon the perception of the audience, through the use of the Reception theory, by probing into the emotional dynamics involved in the viewing experience. It, moreover, emphasizes the significance of natural sceneries in the creation of such films for the purpose of enhancing viewers’ experience.
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Cinéma; Psychoanalysis; Collective unconscious; Audience