The architecture of David Lynch / Richard Martin.

Main entry:

Martin, Richard, 1981-

Title & Author:

The architecture of David Lynch / Richard Martin.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Description:

x, 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
Prologue : Three journeys -- Introduction : Mapping The lost highway -- Town and city -- Home -- Road -- Stage -- Room.

Summary:

"Home to some of the most remarkable spaces in contemporary culture, the cinema of David Lynch demonstrates an acute awareness of architecture. From the urban wastelands of Eraserhead to the eerie Red Room in Twin Peaks, Lynch's architecture is anxious, absurd and utterly distinct. Contemporary architects such as Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel have responded to these spaces in fascinating ways. This book is the first sustained critical assessment of the role architecture and design play in Lynch's films. What can be learnt about Lynch's films by examining the architecture we see within them? What can be learnt about architecture, especially the spatial developments of post-war America, by examining Lynch's films?Drawing on primary research in Łódź, London, Los Angeles, Paris and Philadelphia, the book is structured around the prime symbolic spaces found in Lynch's work: the small town, the city, the home, the road, and the stage. A final chapter deals with the singular architecture of Lynch's latest film, Inland Empire, a complex work yet to receive sufficient critical explication. Alongside a broad set of literary, cinematic and artistic comparisons, a diverse range of urban and architectural theorists, including Mike Davis, Jane Jacobs and Richard Sennett, are discussed in a new context. The Architecture of David Lynch will emphasise key architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Richard Neutra, Jean Nouvel and Frank Lloyd Wright to show how Lynch's films enable us to understand contemporary architecture and demonstrates that Lynch's work prompts a reconsideration of how European modernism has been translated across the Atlantic"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781472505484 (hardback)
1472505484 (hardback)
9781472508812 (paperback)
1472508815 (paperback)
9781472586438
1472586433
9781472520234
1472520238

Subject:

Lynch, David, 1946- Criticism and interpretation.
Lynch, David, 1946-
Architecture in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and architecture.
Architecture au cinéma.
Cinéma et architecture.
ARCHITECTURE General.
ARCHITECTURE Criticism.
ART Film & Video.
DESIGN General.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288437
Call No.: BIB 230118
Status: Available

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