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DAVID LYNCH
Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc
** UPDATED AND EXPANDED NEW EDITION **
Internationally renowned, David Lynch was America's premier purveyor of the surreal, an artist whose work in cinema, television and the internet exposed the world to his highly personalised view of society. This book examines his oeuvre, from the cult surrealism of his debut feature Eraserhead to his last feature Inland Empire, considering the themes, motifs and stories behind his incredible feature films, shorts and internet projects. His series Twin Peaks revolutionised TV and expanded the possibilities of what the medium could offer. This updated edition includes Twin Peaks: The Return, his continuation of the series 25 years after the original had set the world alight.
In Lynch's world the mundane and the fantastical collide, often with terrifying consequences. It is a place where the abnormal is normal, where the respectable becomes sinister, where innocence is lost and redemption gained at a terrible price. And there's always music in the air. From the deserts of a distant world to an ordinary backyard, at the breakneck speed of Lost Highway or the sedate determination of The Straight Story, readers will experience amateur sleuths, messiahs, giants and dwarves, chanteuses, psychopaths, cherry pie and damn fine coffee.
David Lynch is your guide to this other world... and this is your guide to David Lynch.
PRESS REVIEWS FOR David Lynch
'Belongs on the bookshelf of anyone with even a passing interest in the man and his work'
- Cinema Retro
'recommended for large film collections'
- U.S. Library Journal
Recent titles from this new British imprint, intended to 'cater to...fans, regular cinemagoers and DVD enthusiasts, plus film and media students,' cover directors and genres like silent films and Asian cinema. Since his early cult film Eraserhead, David Lynch has pursued his original, offbeat vision in films like Blue Velvet, finding time for the hit TV series Twin Peaks, the big-budget sf flop Dune, and more mainstream-friendly films like The Elephant Man. He has inspired a number of books dating back almost to the beginning of his career, but the authors here manage to find new things to say about his symbols, techniques, and obsessions-notably, his favorite theme of the surreal existing just under the surface of everyday life. Perhaps not the ultimate book on this auteur, but recommended for large film collections.
'not only a reference to Lynch's work but a recommended read after each film viewing... a new Lynch bible'
- www.horrornews.net













