After reading all three texts it is very clear that they all discuss a very similar subject which is the cinema and sexual desire and representation and how it is perceived.
To start with the first extract of text from the book 'Cultural Theory and Popular Culture' written by J. Storey.
The text seems to be based on sexual desire and how these subjects link wit the subconscious mind. The text also relates to the cinema quite a few a times. The text starts off by discussing reality, reality being the symbol of what is real. Then the text mentions that symbolic order confirms who we are 'as in' (I think I am this and I think I am that) but unless it is recognized by myself and others then it is not true. The text labels this discussion as the 2nd stage of development.
The next section of the text is labeled as the 3rd stage of development and focuses on the Oedipus complex. 'The encounter of sexual difference' the text goes onto talking about identifying the fact that as we grow we transition and begin to realize that our connection with our mother be the same at is it was when we were children.
Then onto the idea that 'romantic love' is the solution to all problems.
That love makes us whole and has the ability to complete our being.
The text makes a point about 'love promises to return us to the 'real' the real being being the moment that we were inseparable from our mother's body' - This then explained through the use of a film storyline explanation - which ends with the main character falling in his search.
The text then moves onto a new subject called 'cine - psychoanalysis' - This moves onto talking about sexual attraction through sight and our ability of vision. - Looking at a person as an object and subjecting them to a controlling gaze. - A similar point is then made about using sight of something that we find sexually attractive to stimulate our sexual feelings.'
After collecting all of these points from the first text it is clear that the author is discussing the psychology of sexual attraction but also how cinema portrays this is a certain way, A certain way being a that the subject is made to seem a lot more innocent than it actually is.
Moving onto the 2nd extraction of text.
Which starts off by discussing (psychoanalysis) to discover how film reflects, reveals and plays on the interpretation of sexual difference. - The text the goes on to talk about cinema or something similar, then moving g onto talking about the sexual image of a woman. - That this subject has interests when it is also combined with the subject of feminism.
The extract then starts a new point discussing how the unconscious mind structures the ways seeing and pleasure in looking. (which is also a subject which is mentioned in the first text). Then the text speaks about cinema and Hollywood having one important aspect. That it has a skilled and satisfying manipulation of visual pleasure. (then again talking about cinema) - which offers a number of possible pleasures, such as the pleasure of looking and at the same time there is pleasure in being looked at. - Mentions Freud and (scopophilia, which also mentioned in the first text). - the text moves onto talking about scopophilia being the ability to take people as sexual objects and (subjecting the to a controlling gaze, also mentioned in the first text). Then goes on to talking about the subject being much more secretive and elusive than how it is portrayed in cinema and film. (the same topic discussed in the first text). CCinema builds the subject of the beauty of the human form. - The text then moves onto explaining this in more detail. Using the fact that when a child recognizes it's own reflection in a mirror (is crucial for the development of the ego).
After collecting all of these points from the second text it is clear that there are many differences between this text and the first. like the fact that both are based on the subject of sexual attraction and understanding it more and also how the popular cinema and film portrays the subject. There are a lot of similar phrases in each of the texts also.
Now moving onto the 3rd and final text.
This text speaks a lot about how cinema produces the sexual image. The text references a movie as an example of how a man who is physically fit and woman is portrayed. The text goes on to explain how the male looks (his features, expression, and what not.. compared to the woman who is staring at him (the controlled gaze which was mentioned in both of the previous texts).
The text explains that this represents a sadistic pleasure and also compares this subject to the theories of Freud.
After collecting these notes in the third text it is very clear that this is more based on how cinema portrays sexual deviance and image. It is actually quite an elusive and subconscious subject compared to how cinema and film make it look.
All three of the texts are definitely linked, as each discusses the same subject points, constantly referring to Freud and subconscious behavior and the sexual imagery that is produced by cinema.
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