The goal of Institute on View is to organize, protect, and make accessible existing archival material owned by the Institute (audio, visual, and written) and create new content. Institute on View is responsible for the Institute’s Film Archive, including Matter of Heart, The World Within, the Remembering Jung series, and all related footage. Institute on View also preserves and documents the history of the Institute, past and present, as well as the individual experience of analysts in their practice and exploration of their own psyche.
The Film Archive
The concept of the Film Archive at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, first decided in the Spring of 1975, was to travel to the homes and offices of individuals still living who had been close associates of Jung either as students, colleagues, analysands, friends, or family members, and film a conversation with them on the topic of their experience of Jung. The intention was to capture a personal and grounded perspective of Jung. The people who knew Jung through decades of the development of his work had a special view of this great creative pioneer of Depth Psychology. These rare perceptions would be lost forever if some dedicated efforts were not made to capture all that had been witnessed and experienced as Jung concentrated on the evolution of his work.
 | Matter of HeartIn 1985, after five years of work, reviewing the original footage, and collecting additional film and photo material, a feature length documentary film, Matter of Heart, was written and produced. This film was first launched in 35mm format and shown in theaters throughout the United States and in major cities in Canada, England, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, South America, and South Africa. It received much positive critical acclaim and was viewed by thousands of people in theaters, at film festivals, and in small private showings. |
 | The World WithinIn 1988, The World Within was was produced in a 60 minute, 16mm film format. It is a lively introduction to Jung’s views on the reality of the psyche, and the benefits that result when consciousness is raised by attending to dreams and to the flow of imagination. Jung himself is shown in interviews taken earlier in his life commenting on various aspects of the inner world. Rare film footage of images from Jung’s Red Book and of Jung carving stone at his Bollingen retreat are included. Now available on DVD with extras such as short excerpts of interviews filmed of Gerhard Adler, Ph.D., a Jungian analyst from London who was co-editor of the Collected Works of Jung in English, of Liliane Frey, Ph.D. a Jungian Analyst and author from Zurich, and statesman and author, Sir Laurens van der Post of London. |
 | Remembering JungThe next phase of production extended through the years 1986 to 2009. During these years, 30 of the original interviews were produced as separate 60-minute presentations in video format called the Remembering Jung series. There are three separate, interviews of Dr. Marie Louise von Franz of Zurich, Switzerland, and three separate interviews of Dr. Joseph Henderson of San Francisco. The last two of Henderson were filmed in the year of his 100th birthday. One of the most popular programs in the series is the interview of Sir Laurens van der Post, the renowned statesman and author who was a close friend of Jung. Taken altogether this series offers a wealth of insights and stories illustrating the depth of Jung’s discoveries and their significance in our lives, individually and collectively. The Remembering Jung series presents a warm-hearted, candid, and intimate view of Jung’s prodigious creativity and humanity. |
Remembering Jung Collection at UCLA
The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, in conjunction with over 600 individuals and several organizations worldwide, filmed 35 individuals over a 30-year period who had a close personal relationship with noted Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, C.G. Jung. The film's theme includes a very personal view of Jung and the development of his work and his close relationships, as well as an emphasis on his concern for the planet's survival. Interviews in this series have been transferred to DVD and are available for research at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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