Meeting Venus: A film about passion, and the outsider

  • This paper discusses the conflict between lustful desire leading to an extramarital affair and loyalty to one's partner. Drawing a parallel between the hero of Wagner's opera and the conductor-hero of the film Meeting Venus, the consequences of being an >outsider< are being considered. Whereas Tannhäuser's conflict is resolved in that he finds salvation from the Virgin Mary, Szanto is abandoned by the woman he loved and by his wife. He remains an outsider and alone.

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Author:Gertrude Schwartzman
Parent Title (English):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 18 (No. 3, 2009), pp. 189-193.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2009
Release Date:2019/03/04
Format:PDF-file upon request / PDF-Datei auf Anfrage
IdNo:Schwartzman_G_2009
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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