David Lynch

The Pocket Essentials: Film

by Colin Odell

Internationally renowned, David Lynch is America's premier purveyor of the surreal, an artist whose work in cinema and television has exposed the world to his highly personalised view of society. This book examines his entire work, from the cult surrealism of his debut feature Eraserhead to his latest mystery, Inland Empire, considering the themes, motifs and stories behind his incredible works. 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film

123 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ali Frz · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتابو قبلا خوندم
به بهانه تماشای سریال
Twin Peaks
دوباره شروع کردم به خوندن

[Mahda Purmehdi · Rating 2 out of 5]

چیز آن‌چنان به‌دردبخوری درباره‌ی فیلم‌های لینچ نمی‌گوید. خیلی اوقات هم وقتی جزئیات فیلم‌های لینچ را تعریف می‌کند، می‌فهمید که یا حواس نویسنده به فیلم نبوده یا حافظه‌ی خیلی بدی دارد. خواندنش خالی از لطف نیست اما اگر لینچ برایتان کارگردان مهمی برای مطالعه است، کتاب میشل لوبلان را جدی نگیرید!

[Derek Baldwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

An expanded and updated edition of the Pocket edition by the same authors. Decent summaries and reviews of all DL’s works except Twin Peaks The Return. Some additional thematic chapters are also pretty good, especially the one on sound design. A lively and very readable introduction to one of the great artists of the cinema.

[Saeed Aj · Rating 5 out of 5]

خلاصه و جمع‌و‌جور بررسی کارنامه لینچ(فیلم به فیلم)

[Iman Ranjbar · Rating 4 out of 5]

مشکل ترجمه همچنان در این سری از کتاب ها ادامه داره اما سبک و سیاق متن زبان اصلی آنچنان جذاب هست که تمایل به خواندن در آدم را ایجاد کنه.
اگر طرفدار سینما هستید این سری از کتاب رو از دست ندید.

[Jr · Rating 4 out of 5]

as a somewhat accomplished lynch aficionado, this book covers well-trod territory. there were only a minor amount of revelatory sections for me, chiefly those re:INLAND EMPIRE, and i kept feeling a severe sense of deja vu. this was not imagined as the works cited were nearly all on my bookcase. *smirk* still, for those that have seen a few of lynch's films or are intrigued to learn a little more about the production of his many works this is not wasted reading. it's a light affair and not prone to bore you.