Marnie, d'Hitchcock, et la régression d'âge dans les films « psy » du cinéma hollywoodien

Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie neatly illustrates the manner in which Hollywood Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s depicted psychoanalysis. In this film, psychoanalysis is presented as a kind of police investigation, the goal of which is to uncover a childhood trauma buried deep in the protagonist's unconscious and responsible for her troubles. Having discovered the origin of the trauma, the detective/psychoanalyst causes the protagonist to re-experience it so that she may begin to heal. While reliving the traumatic episode, the protagonist regresses to an earlier age. Three other films of the era depict the same process. That memories may be recovered through age regression remains a very debatable proposition.