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Identity integration in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Journal of Research on English and Language Learning (J-REaLL)

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Title Identity integration in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can (2002)
 
Creator Apriyanto, Rizky
 
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identity integration; psychoanalysis; adolescence; fraud; cinema
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Description This article aims at analyzing the types of identity integration in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can movie (2002). It reveals the psychological disorder that caused the main character to have several identities in the movie. Identity is a complex matter nowadays, and it has become one of the most discussed issues. The main character discussed in this article is Frank William Abagnale Jr., a promising young man with complex issues in his family. As a result, Frank's psychological disorder was caused by several problems during his adolescence. By using the psychological theory developed by Erik Erikson (1902), and the cinematographic language developed by Warren Buckland (1966) and Timothy Heiderich, the study is a psychoanalytic analysis. The analysis shows some results, that Frank William Abagnale Jr. is having a psychological disorder.  His symptoms of being disintegration in his identity is mainly because he was having a family issue during his adolescence, which results in his future. He has to overcome his being disintegration by impersonating others’ identities. Thus, as a main character in the movie, Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an insane character since he earns millions of dollars before he reaches nineteen.
 
Publisher Universitas Islam Malang
 
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Date 2022-02-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Identity integration, language of cinema
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/JREALL/article/view/14233
10.33474/j-reall.v3i1.14233
 
Source Journal of Research on English and Language Learning (J-REaLL); Vol 3, No 1 (2022): "In Press" - Journal of Research on English and Language Learning (J-REaLL); 61-71
27215016
27215024
10.33474/j-reall.v3i1
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/JREALL/article/view/14233/11821
 
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