David Lynch : a retrospective / Ian Nathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathan, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Lynch, David.

Lynch, David, 1946-2025--Themes, motives.

Lynch, David, 1946-2025--Pictorial works.

Lynch, David K., 1946-.

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

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Pictorial works.

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

Themes, motives.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Pictorial works

Illustrated works.

Biographies.

Film criticism.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.

Other Title:

Retrospective

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Palazzo Editions Ltd., 2023.

Summary:

"Stunningly illustrated, this biography of filmmaker David Lynch is published to coincide with the 45th anniversary of Eraserhead. From his experimental shorts of the 1960s to feature films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive -- not forgetting the award-winning TV series Twin Peaks -- David Lynch, pop culture icon, cult figure, film industry outsider and master filmmaker, has pushed the boundaries of cinematic storytelling. He is a true artist in a realm of pretenders -- an American great -- who can take his place alongside Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol or Steven Spielberg. This is a portrait of an enchanting presence: eminently reasonable yet driven, boyishly shy yet a towering force on set, an interviewee of rare clarity who never gives the game away. Lynch is quirky, there is no doubt about that, but it takes an ironclad determination to get any film made, let alone films so uniquely his own"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

The fear of certain cities

A dream of dark and troubling things: inside Eraserhead

Beneath the skin: the unbelievable truth of The elephant man

Lost in space: the woes and wonders of Dune

There's no place like home: the magnificent perversions of Blue velvet

Magritte for the masses: the strange case of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: fire walk with me

Elvis and Marilyn on the road to Oz: on the run with Wild at heart

In the loop: making sense of Lost highway

Lawnmower man: finding the sweet spot with The Straight story

She found herself inside the perfect mystery: the endless allure of Mulholland Drive

Travels in hyperreality: going loco with Inland Empire

That gum you like is going to come back in style: a long-awaited return to Twin Peaks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-239) and filmography (pages 236-237).

ISBN:

9781786751270

1786751275

OCLC:

1371748235

Publisher Number:

90101755698