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11%OFFMartha P. Nochimson - The Passion of David Lynch - 9780292755659 - V9780292755659
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The Passion of David Lynch

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Description for The Passion of David Lynch Paperback. Presents an analysis of David Lynch's films. This book shows how he subverts traditional Hollywood gender roles to offer an optimistic view that love and human connection are really possible. It includes analysis of such films as "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", "Wild at Heart", "Twin Peaks", "Blue Velvet", "Dune", and "The Elephant Man". Num Pages: 288 pages, 68 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.

Filmmaker David Lynch asserts that when he is directing, ninety percent of the time he doesn't know what he is doing. To understand Lynch's films, Martha Nochimson believes, requires a similar method of being open to the subconscious, of resisting the logical reductiveness of language. In this innovative book, she draws on these strategies to offer close readings of Lynch's films, informed by unprecedented, in-depth interviews with Lynch himself.

Nochimson begins with a look at Lynch's visual influences—Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, and Edward Hopper—and his links to Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles, then moves into the heart of ... Read more

Nochimson's interpretations explode previous misconceptions of Lynch as a deviant filmmaker and misogynist. Instead, she shows how he subverts traditional Hollywood gender roles to offer an optimistic view that love and human connection are really possible.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
472 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292755659
SKU
V9780292755659
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Ref
99-50

About Martha P. Nochimson
Martha P. Nochimson is Professor of Film and Literature at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She also has taught at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Reviews for The Passion of David Lynch
"This is the best book on David Lynch that has yet been published. Nochimson's book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary cinema." -Brian Henderson, Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo

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