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The Passion of David Lynch: Wild At Heart In Hollywood (Paperback)

by Martha P. Nochimson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press (1 Jun 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0292755651
  • ISBN-13: 978-0292755659
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 898,548 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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"This is the best book on David Lynch that has yet been published. Nochimson's book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary cinema." -Brian Henderson, Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo


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Filmmaker David Lynch asserts that when he is directing, ninety percent of the time he doesn't know what he is doing. To understand Lynch's films, Martha Nochimson believes, requires a similar method of being open to the subconscious, of resisting the logical reductiveness of language. In this innovative book, she draws on these strategies to offer close readings of Lynch's films, informed by unprecedented, in-depth interviews with Lynch himself.Nochimson begins with a look at Lynch's visual influences-Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, and Edward Hopper-and his links to Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles, then moves into the heart of her study, in-depth analysis of Lynch's films and television productions. These include "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", "Wild at Heart", "Twin Peaks", "Blue Velvet", "Dune", "The Elephant Man", "Eraserhead", "The Grandmother", "The Alphabet", and Lynch's most recent, "Lost Highway". Nochimson's interpretations explode previous misconceptions of Lynch as a deviant filmmaker and misogynist. Instead, she shows how he subverts traditional Hollywood gender roles to offer an optimistic view that love and human connection are really possible. Martha P. Nochimson is Professor of Film and Literature at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. She also has taught for ten years at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best full coverage of Lynch's productions, 24 Jun 2003
Before writing my dissertation on Lynch I bought six books for inspiration. Amongst these were Hughes, David: The Complete Lynch and Kaleta, Kenneth C.: David Lynch. Nochimson's The Passion of David Lynch was by far the best of the six I bought.
Nochimson makes precise interesting analysis using both feminin, Freudian, Jungian and other angles.
The only piece I have found on Lynch which has more depth and bite is Zizeks "The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime", which is just amazing.
I strongly recommend you buy this book - both for academic purposes and for general insight.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Rather good, 3 May 2004
I bought this book to help with my dissertation on Twin Peaks. It deals with Lynch's films in seperate chapters (eg. Blue Velvet in one, Wild at Heart in another, etc) which I thought was a good idea. This would be useful if you were looking to reseach all of Lynch's work - not so good if you're only researching a couple of his works (like myself). I found the Twin Peaks theory to be of little use. However, the stuff on Lynch himself is spot on - as interesting as it is useful. When evaluating the text, however, it must be pointed out that the author's feminist bias is evident throughout. Many of the points lean towards a feminist perspective, though it may not strike the reader immediately. This lack of objectivity I feel lets the book down. The author also fails to draw on other available research to back up/counter-argue her claims, which really is necessary to put her arguments into perspective. Nevertheless, the Lynch info is top notch (probably due to the fact Nomchimson interviewed Lynch several times). If you find a feminist reading of Lynch's work interesting/useful, may I also recommend Nomchimson's essay in Lavery's "full of secrets", which you'll find to be in a similar vein to this text.
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6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time/money on this one, 7 Jul 1999
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Boring. Pointless. Weak.

The author struggles to make some kind of point in this book, unfortunately, neither she nor the reader can figure out what it is. She tries to "get" what Lynch is about, and fails miserably, as is evident in her interviews with him.

This is a poor choice for academics, an even poorer choice for fans.

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