David Lynch swerves : uncertainty from Lost highway to Inland empire / Martha P. Nochimson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nochimson, Martha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynch, David, 1946-2025--Criticism and interpretation.

Lynch, David.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beginning with Lost Highway, director David Lynch “swerved” in a new direction, one in which very disorienting images of the physical world take center stage in his films. Seeking to understand this unusual emphasis in his work, noted Lynch scholar Martha Nochimson engaged Lynch in a long conversation of unprecedented openness, during which he shared his vision of the physical world as an uncertain place that masks important universal realities. He described how he derives this vision from the Holy Vedas of the Hindu religion, as well as from his layman’s fascination with modern physics. With this deep insight, Nochimson forges a startlingly original template for analyzing Lynch’s later films—the seemingly unlikely combination of the spiritual landscape envisioned in the Holy Vedas and the material landscape evoked by quantum mechanics and relativity. In David Lynch Swerves, Nochimson navigates the complexities of Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire with uncanny skill, shedding light on the beauty of their organic compositions; their thematic critiques of the immense dangers of modern materialism; and their hopeful conceptions of human potential. She concludes with excerpts from the wide-ranging interview in which Lynch discussed his vision with her, as well as an interview with Columbia University physicist David Albert, who was one of Nochimson’s principal tutors in the discipline of quantum physics.

Contents:

Lost highway: "you'll never have me"

The straight story: "and you'll find happy times"

Mulholland Dr.: an improbable girl in a probable world

Inland empire: the beginnings of great things.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.

Includes filmography.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292748897

0292748892

9780292744608

0292744609

OCLC:

858700807