Novel Object Survey in Spike Jonze’s <i>Her</i>

Employing an applied psychoanalytic lens to Spike Jonze's <i>her</i> (2013), this paper expands on meaning-making opportunities available to the film. Such expansion is pursued by focusing additional attention to cinematic strategies and language, attended to by a psychoanalytic appreciation of object relations and Andre Green's thoughts on negation. With such considerations in place, the paper further articulates unconscious material pertinent to the film and culture at large, as it better appreciates the developmental crisis endured by the film's protagonist.