Weirdsville U.S.A. The Obsessive Universe of David Lynch

by Woods, Paul A.

• ISBN13: 9780859652919
• ISBN10: 0859652912
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-23
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing

Summary

In his wildly varied career, David Lynch has experienced cult adulation, mainstream success, virtual rejection by the film industry, and a renaissance in which he created a style that can only be called Weird Americana. Weirdsville U.S.A. charts Lynch’s work from his experimental art school years and the midnight movie hit Eraserhead, the mainstream success of The Elephant Man and the commercial failure of Dune, the birth of Weird Americana with Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks and the neo-noir mystery Lost Highway, to the present day and the film The Straight Story and TV series Mulholland Drive.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(7)
All-American Martian Boy	7	(10)
Eraserhead: A Dream of Dark and Troubling Things	17	(24)
The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity	41	(16)
Dune: Detours to Other Worlds	57	(16)
Blue Velvet: America's Dark Underbelly	73	(18)
Twin Peaks: Weird Americana Goes Prime Time	91	(24)
Wild At Heart: Lynch Mob Rules	115	(16)
Down the Far Side of the Peaks	131	(28)
It's A Weird, Weird World Out There	159	(12)
Lost Highway: The Highway Back	171	(18)
The Straight Story/Mulholland Drive: Lynch Blanc/Lynch Noir	189	(30)
Bibliography	219	(1)
Filmography	220