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Author Mactaggart, Allister.

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

Publication Info. Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.
Contents Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Towards a Palimp; Chapter 1: Ever Died? Ever Failed? No Matter. Die Again. Fail Better. Immanence and Transcendence In Twin Peaks (With Apologies To Samuel Beckett); Chapter 2: Reasons to be Tearful: Snapshots of Lynchian Excess; Chapter 3: Driven to Distraction: Hitching a Ride along the Lynchian Highway; Chapter 4: Pierced by the Past: Filmic Trauma; Remembering and Forgetting; Chapter 5: 'It is Happening Again': Experiencing the Lynchian Uncanny.
Chapter 6: The Return of the Repressed: Inland Empire, DavidLynch.Com, and the Re-emergence of Film PaintingConclusion: Stitching up Lynch; Bibliography; Index.
Summary One of the most distinguished?lmmakers working today, David Lynch is a director whose vision of cinema is?rmly rooted in?ne art. He was motivated to make his?rst?lm as a student because he wanted a painting that "would really be able to move." Most existing studies of Lynch, however, fail to engage fully with the complexities of his?lms' relationship to other art forms. The Film Paintings of David Lynch?lls this void, arguing that Lynch's cinematic output needs to be considered within a broad range of cultural references. Aimed at both Lynch fans and?lm studies specialists, Allister Ma.
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Subject Lynch, David, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lynch, David, 1946-
Criticism and interpretation.
Lynch, David, 1946-
Lynch, David Regisseur.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mactaggart, Allister. Film paintings of David Lynch. Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2010 9786612555053
ISBN 9781841503325 (paperback)
1841503320 (paperback)
9781841503875 (electronic book)
1841503878 (electronic book)
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