Impossible David Lynch

Name: Impossible David Lynch
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ISBN: 9780231139557

ISBN-10: 0231139551

ISBN-13: 9780231139557

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Todd McGowan

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Todd McGowan launches a provocative exploration of weirdness and fantasy in David Lynch's groundbreaking oeuvre. He studies Lynch's talent for blending the bizarre and the normal to emphasize the odd nature of normality itself. Hollywood is often criticized for distorting reality and providing escapist fantasies, but in Lynch's movies, fantasy becomes a means through which the viewer is encouraged to build a revolutionary relationship with the world. Considering the filmmaker's entire career, McGowan examines Lynch's play with fantasy and traces the political, cultural, and existential impact of his unique style. Each chapter discusses the idea of impossibility in one of Lynch's films,…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Todd McGowan is associate professor of English at the University of Vermont.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Bizarre Nature of Normality



Sacrificing One's Head for an Eraser



The Integration of the Impossible Object in The Elephant Man



Dune and the Path to Salvation



Fantasizing the Father in Blue Velvet



The Absence of Desire in Wild at Heart



Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Identification with the Object



Finding Ourselves on a Lost Highway



The Ethics of Fantasizing in The Straight Story



Navigating Mulholland Drive, David Lynch's Panegyric to Hollywood


Conclusion: The Ethics of Fantasy


Notes


Index