"The Cut and the Paranoia of the Killing Act. Between Altman and Buñuel. This paper aims to explore the psychoanalytic roots and affinities in Robert Altman and Luis Buñuel with respect to the mechanisms of the constitution of the subject. More specifically, I approach the function of the cut as both a mark of the subject and within a so-called paranoid act. Thus, in a Lacanian interpretation, the cut involves topology, the relation with the object, separation and alienation and, ultimately, the pure loss.
Key words: cut, act, paranoia, killing, Altman, Buñuel."
