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The film paintings of David Lynch : challenging film theory / Allister Mactaggart.

Title
The film paintings of David Lynch : challenging film theory / Allister Mactaggart.
Author
Mactaggart, Allister.
Publication
Bristol : Intellect, 2010.

Holdings

Details

Description
203 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Aimed at both Lynch fans and film studies specialists, Allister Mactaggard addresses Lynch's films from the perspective of the relationship between commercial film, avant-garde art, and cultural theory."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Film
  • Filmtheorie
  • Lynch, David, 1946- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Lynch, David, Regisseur
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Ever Died? Ever Failed? No Matter. Die Again. Fail Better. Immanence and Transcendence in Twin Peaks (with apologies to Samuel Beckett) -- 2. Reasons To Be Tearful: Snapshots of Lynchian Excess -- 3. Driven to Distraction: Hitching a Ride along the Lynchian Highway -- 4. Pierced by the Past: Filmic Trauma; Remembering and Forgetting -- 5. 'It is Happening Again': Experiencing the Lynchian Uncanny -- 6. The Return of the Repressed: INLAND EMPIRE, DavidLynch.com, and the Reemergence of Film Painting -- Stitching up Lynch.
ISBN
  • 9781841503325 (pbk.)
  • 1841503320 (pbk.)