Hollywood's remake of the film from the bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"is scheduled for release just before Christmas. It comes on the heels of the 2009 Swedish film versions of the Stieg Larsson's Millenium Triology*. While not exactly family fare, I loved Larsson's books and I'm not the only one eager to see how Director David Fincher handles the material. The marketing build-up to the December release, concern about the explicit sexual violence, the casting intrigues, and the inevitable comparison to the Swedish versions have, however, eclipsed the true power of the book -- the psychology, particularly of Larsson's complex anti-hero, the anti-social, computer hacker, Lisbeth Salander. The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo furthers this discussion. The soon to be released anthology published by BenBella and edited by fellow PT blogger Robin Rosenberg and Shannon O'Neill, is collection of essays (including mine) examining the psychology of Lisbeth … [Read more...]
