Download e-book for iPad: Mulholland Drive (Philosophers on Film) by Zina Giannopoulou

By Zina Giannopoulou

ISBN-10: 0415824656

ISBN-13: 9780415824651

ISBN-10: 0415824664

ISBN-13: 9780415824668

Beloved by way of movie and paintings aficionados and fanatics of neo-noir cinema, Mulholland Drive is without doubt one of the most vital and enigmatic movies of contemporary years. It occupies a relevant and arguable place within the paintings of its director, David Lynch, who received the easiest director award on the 2001 Cannes movie pageant for the movie.


Mulholland Drive within the Routledge Philosophers on Film sequence is the 1st complete philosophical appraisal of Lynch's movie. starting with an creation by way of the editor, the amount explores the subsequent topics:



  • the id of the self and its patience via time

  • the critical, twin roles performed through myth and fact during the film

  • whether Mulholland Drive is healthier understood epistemologically through cause and language, or no matter if, as Lynch himself argues, by means of one's 'inner emotions' and emotions

  • parallels among Mulholland Drive and Kafka's The Castle, either one of which pit their protagonists on the mercy of unseen forces

  • Mulholland Drive and romanticism.


Additional key issues also are mentioned, comparable to the interpenetration of ethics, classical tragedy, and the contrasting philosophical arguments of Plato and Nietzsche on tragic drama. those topics make Mulholland Drive crucial and fascinating examining for college kids of philosophy, specifically aesthetics and ethics, in addition to movie studies.

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