The Death of the Subject in David Lynch’s Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1996) and Mulholland Drive (2001) are films that deeply startle spectators, fascinating some, upsetting others, but always causing much debate on the subject of “what the movie was about.” For most spectators and critics, this means figuring out the story and, ultimately, trying to distinguish between reality, or the real story, and the character’s fantasies, sometimes using psychoanalytic tools. But Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive are films that seem to evade r...
Source: E-rea
DOI: 10.4000/erea.432
Author: David ROCHE
Institutions: Université Stendhal – Grenoble 3, Centre Interlangues
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2039883202