Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch - Philosophical Perspectives

Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch: Philosophical Perspectives offers a sustained philosophical interpretation of the filmmaker’s work in light of classic and contemporary discussions of human agency and the complex relations between our capacity to act and our ability to imagine.

Sommario

Introduction

1. "I Wanna Finish This One My Own Way": Strong Agency in The Straight Story

2. From Pasture to Hellhole: Weak Agency and Industry in Eraserhead

3. Imaginative Recognition and Transfiguration in The Elephant Man

4. Knowledge, Agency, and Violence in Blue Velvet

5. Agency and Identity in Wild at Heart

6. "You'll Never Have Me": Agents Apart in Lost Highway

7. "It's No Longer Your Film": Fantasy, Fate, and Agency in Mulholland Dr.

8. "My Wife is Not a Free Agent": Agency Lost in INLAND EMPIRE

9. Agency Regained in Twin Peaks: The Return, or Myths of Overreaching

Epilogue

Info autore

James D. Reid is professor of philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver.Candace R. Craig teaches English at Pikes Peak Community College.

Riassunto

Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch: Philosophical Perspectives offers a sustained philosophical interpretation of the filmmaker’s work in light of classic and contemporary discussions of human agency and the complex relations between our capacity to act and our ability to imagine.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Candace R Craig, Candace R. Craig, James D Reid, James D. Reid, James D. Craig Reid, Reid James D.
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498555937
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5593-7
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Cine-Aesthetics: New Direction; Cine-Aesthetics: New Directions in Film and Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy