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book		Authorship and the films of David Lynch : aesthetic receptions in contemporary Hollywood / Antony Todd London: I.B. Tauris, 2012. Call No: 81LYN TOD Author: Todd, Antony Source: UK Place: London Publisher: I.B. Tauris PubDate: 2012 PhysDes: ix, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: AESTHETICS; AUTEUR THEORY; LYNCH, DAVID; DUNE (US, David Lynch, 1984); BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986); TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991); MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001) Summary: "This fresh contribution to studies on authorship and film explores the ways in which shared and disputed opinions on aesthetic quality, originality and authorial essense have shaped receptions of David Lynch's films. it is also the first book to approach Lynch as a figure composed through language, history and text. Antony Todd traces the development of Lynch's career from cult obscurity with Eraserhead to star auteur through the release of Blue Velvet, as well as the television event of the early 1990s, Twin Peaks. He investigates how Lynch's idiosyncratic style introduced the term 'Lynchian' to the colloquial speech of new Hollywood and helped establish Lynch as the leading light among contemporary American auteurs. Through the evidence of critical and promotional ephemera and the texts carrying Lynch's name, Todd explores contemporary manners and attitudes for artistic reputation building. He also reviews the standards by which Lynch's reputation was dismantled following the release of Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, only to be reassembled once more through films such as Lost Highway, Mulholland Dr. and INLAND EMPIRE. This book also ventures beyond its empirical findings by addressing authorship concerns pertaining to the ways in which, and to whom, the contemporary auteur has meaning. In its account of the experiences at play in the encounter between ephemera, text and reader, Authorship and the Films of David Lynch explores how authors functions for pleasure in the modern filmgoer's everyday consumption of films."-BOOK BLURB Notes: includes bibliographical references; includes index ISBN: 9781848855809 Contents: -- introduction -- 1.Towards a Textual Historicity -- 2.David Lynch: The Making of a Post-classical Auteur -- 3.Meanings and Authorships in Dune -- 4.Critical Theory and `Cruel Jokes': Principles of Ethics and Pleasure, and the Reception of Blue Velvet -- 5.Twin Peaks: The Rise and Fall of a Public Auteur -- 6.Brand Lynch -- 7.Receiving Mulholland Dr.: `A Contemporary Film Noir Directed by David Lynch' -- conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- index -- More info
book		David Lynch / Michel Chion, Robert Julian (trans.) London: British Film Institute, 2006. Call No: 81LYN CHI Author: Chion, Michel Edition: 2nd ed. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: 246 p. : 24 cm Subject: LYNCH, DAVID; CHION, MICHEL; GRANDMOTHER, THE (US, David Lynch, 1970); ERASERHEAD (US, David Lynch, 1977); ELEPHANT MAN, THE (US, David Lynch, 1980); DUNE (US, David Lynch, 1984); BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986); TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991); TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (US, David Lynch, 1992); WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990); LOST HIGHWAY (US, David Lynch, 1996); STRAIGHT STORY, THE (US/FR/UK, David Lynch, 1999); MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001) Summary: Michel Chion’s study of the film and television work of David Lynch has become, since its first English publication in 1995, the definitive book on one of America’s favourite contemporary directors. In this new edition Chion brings the book up to date to take into account Lynch’s work in the last ten years, including the major features Lost Highway, The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive ISBN: 1844570304 More info
journal article		High Voltage in Empire (Australian Ed.) (March 2003) iss.24 p.52-57 Author: Chris Murray PhysDes: Article Subject: WATTS, NAOMI; MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001); [TWENTY-ONE] 21 GRAMS (US, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2003) Summary: Interview with Naomi Watts on her career, focusing on Mulholland Drive and her latest feature, 21 Grams. More info
journal article		Melissa George in Empire (Australian Ed.) (June 2005) iss.51 p.37 Author: Damon Wise PhysDes: Article Subject: MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001); DERAILED (US, Mikael Hafstrom, 2005) Summary: Interview with actress Melissa George More info
title clippings file		MULHOLLAND DRIVE : (US, David Lynch, 2001) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings; Publicity; Press kit Subject: MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001) More info
book		Subjective realist cinema : from expressionism to inception / Matthew Campora New York: Berghahn Books, 2014. Call No: 632.2 CAM Author: Campora, Matthew Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Berghahn Books PubDate: 2014 PhysDes: viii, 150 pages ; 24 cm. Subject: NARRATIVE IN FILMS; EXPRESSIONISM; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA; MULHOLLAND DRIVE (US, David Lynch, 2001); MEMENTO (US, Christopher Nolan, 2000); ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (US, Michael Gondry, 2004) Summary: Subjective Realist Cinema looks at the fragmented narratives and multiple realities of a wide range of films that depict subjective experience and employ "subjective realist" narration, including recent examples such as Mulholland Drive, Memento, and Eternal sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The author proposes that an understanding of the narrative structures of these films, particularly their use of mixed and multiple realities, enhances viewers' enjoyment and comprehension of such films, and that such comprehension offers a key to understanding contemporary filmmaking. -- [Extract taken from the back of book] Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index ISBN: 9781782382782 Contents: Machine generated contents note: Three Periods of Narrative Experimentation -- Multiform Narratives -- Subjective Realism -- ch. 1 Complex Narratives -- The New Hollywood and the Smart Film -- New Hollywood Narration -- Fragmented Narratives -- Multi-strand Narratives -- Multiform Narratives -- Brazil -- Puzzle Films -- ch. 2 Two Trajectories of the Cinema of Attractions -- The Narrative Trajectory: Realism and Spectacle -- The Avant-Garde Trajectory: Realism and Defamiliarization -- ch. 3 Subjective Realism and Multiform Narratives -- Subjective Realism -- Vertigo -- The Fantastic -- Wild Strawberries -- ch. 4 Mulholland Drive -- Expressionism and the Uncanny in Mulholland Drive -- Three Views -- As Surrealist or Trance Film -- As Fragmented, Subjective Realist Film -- As Supernatural Film -- It Is All an Illusion -- ch. 5 Memento -- The Four Strands -- Unreliable Narration -- Disrupted Expectations -- Subjective Realism -- ch. 6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Contents note continued: The Philosophy of Eternal Sunshine -- Temporal Inversions -- Subjective Realism -- Sonic Metalepsis -- The Marvelous Real. More info

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