Sigmund Freud In 'One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest'

When examining Freud’s theory, it becomes clear how much of an impact he has had on modern day thought, scholar theology, and even media. Memento here is a perfect example of how Freud’s theory bleeds into our everyday lives. The movie incorporates memories and dreams from Freud’s theory and interprets it into everyday life for the modern day media consumers
Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of dreams leads us to the idea of the royal road of to the unconscious discusses in depth about how dreams have a deeper meaning to them. I believe C.G Jung said “The hidden door is the innermost and most secret recesses of the psyche.” When we dream we are viewing ourselves and our lives according to Freud. Though I feel this can also apply to certain illnesses in the modern day world much like the film Memento
In the film Memento we follow Lenny a former accountant, who’s life changed the day his wife was raped and murder. He struggles in the film with the fact that he cannot produce new memories but remembers old ones due to a head injury. Though it seems he is forgetting the old …show more content…
Telling us stories of his past and present and we sit there and believe him. From my own personal experience with reading the “One flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” I learned that we don’t have to believe the narrator we only have ourselves to believe in. Yet we the audience are led to believe Lenny because we are intensely enthralled with the story Christopher Nolan has set for us. Which in a way the audience become unconscious as well which is an amazing Freudian inspired talent. Why do we sit, watch, and listen to a person who is mentally ill and is obviously showing signs of a part Freud’s theory of the Royal road to the unconscious living in a state of constant anxiety? The movie ends with a final question since Lenny is now trapped in the unconscious what should we believe? Applying Freud’s theory, it would seem we shouldn’t believe him at