The impossible David Lynch /
Todd McGowan.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- x, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
- Film and culture .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-257) and index.
The bizarre nature of normality -- Sacrificing one\'s head for an eraser -- The integration of the impossible object in The elephant man -- Dune and the path to salvation -- Fantasizing the father in Blue velvet -- The absence of desire in Wild at heart -- Twin peaks: Fire walk with me and identification with the object -- Finding ourselves on a Lost highway -- The ethics of fantasizing in The straight story -- Navigating Mulholland Drive, David Lynch\'s panegyric to Hollywood -- The ethics of fantasy.