David Lynch’s American Dreamscape
Author | : Mike Miley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2025-02-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798765102930 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "David Lynch's Intertextual Cinema expands the interpretive horizons of David Lynch's filmography by addressing the questions: How are Lynch's films as much a part of literary tradition as the cinematic tradition? How can his films be read as songs? This book positions his work as a compendium of popular literary and musical cultures, including David Foster Wallace and Nine Inch Nails who have successfully grafted Lynch's cinematic sensibility onto their own projects; a site through which these texts interact with other texts; and a channel through which the subconscious of American life finds its way into full and unaltered view"--