Mulholland Drive
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Mulholland Drive

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Mulholland Drive

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Beloved by film and art aficionados and fans of neo-noir cinema, Mulholland Drive is one of the most important and enigmatic films of recent years. It occupies a central and controversial position in the work of its director, David Lynch, who won the best director award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for the movie.

Mulholland Drive in the Routledge Philosophers on Film series is the first full philosophical appraisal of Lynch's film. Beginning with an introduction by the editor, the volume explores the following topics:

  • the identity of the self and its persistence through time
  • the central, dual roles played by fantasy and reality throughout the film
  • whether Mulholland Drive is best understood epistemologically via reason and language, or whether, as Lynch himself argues, by one's 'inner feelings' and emotions
  • parallels between Mulholland Drive and Kafka's The Castle, both of which pit their protagonists at the mercy of unseen forces
  • Mulholland Drive and romanticism.

Additional key themes are also discussed, such as the interpenetration of ethics, classical tragedy, and the contrasting philosophical arguments of Plato and Nietzsche on tragic drama. These themes make Mulholland Drive essential and engaging reading for students of philosophy, especially aesthetics and ethics, as well as film studies.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781135940577
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Note on the director
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Dedication
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction
  11. Chapter 2 Identity and Agency in Mulholland Drive
  12. Chapter 3 Cowboy Rules: Mulholland Drive, Kafka, and Illusory Freedom
  13. Chapter 4 Mulholland Drive and Cinematic Reflexivity
  14. Chapter 5 Silencio Mulholland Drive as Cinematic Romanticism
  15. Chapter 6 Monstrous Maturity on Mulholland Dr.
  16. Index