Psychoanalytical Desire as a Symptom of Wealth Inequality in “The Platform”
I examine how systems of unequal wealth distribution, allegorized by the prison structure central to the The Platform, beget three desire symptoms present in the film; desire for food, sexual relations, and racial control; within the context of Spanish history and Spanish film history. To provide further insight to the desires that arise from these inequitable systems, I utilize psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s scholarship on subconscious desire and drive. …
