The architecture of David Lynch / Richard Martin.

"Home to some of the most remarkable spaces in contemporary culture, the cinema of David Lynch demonstrates an acute awareness of architecture. From the urban wastelands of Eraserhead to the eerie Red Room in Twin Peaks, Lynch's architecture is anxious, absurd and utterly distinct. Contemporary architects such as Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel have responded to these spaces in fascinating ways. This book is the first sustained critical assessment of the role architecture and design play in Lynch's films. What can be learnt about Lynch's films by examining the architecture we see within them? What can be learnt about architecture, especially the spatial developments of post-war America, by examining Lynch's films?Drawing on primary research in Łódź, London, Los Angeles, Paris and Philadelphia, the book is structured around the prime symbolic spaces found in Lynch's work: the small town, the city, the home, the road, and the stage. A final chapter deals with the singular architecture of Lynch's latest film, Inland Empire, a complex work yet to receive sufficient critical explication. Alongside a broad set of literary, cinematic and artistic comparisons, a diverse range of urban and architectural theorists, including Mike Davis, Jane Jacobs and Richard Sennett, are discussed in a new context. The Architecture of David Lynch will emphasise key architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Richard Neutra, Jean Nouvel and Frank Lloyd Wright to show how Lynch's films enable us to understand contemporary architecture and demonstrates that Lynch's work prompts a reconsideration of how European modernism has been translated across the Atlantic"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: THREE JOURNEYS; Łódź, on a gray winter's day; Paris, in the spring; Los Angeles, in the sunshine; INTRODUCTION: MAPPING THE LOST HIGHWAY; Cinematic Architecture: The Locus of a Secret; 1 TOWN AND CITY; The Plot against American Cities; Walking the Industrial City; The Abominable Forms of London: The Elephant Man; The Horrible, Horrible Decline of Philadelphia; Manufacturing Malfunction: Eraserhead; Neighborhoods or Nothing?; A Friend from the Neighborhood: Blue Velvet; The Price We Pay: Twin Peaks.

The Exemplary Extraordinary City: Los AngelesBend Sinister: Mulholland Drive; 2 HOME; Mr Bachelard Builds His Dream House; A Little Place to Mull Things Over: Three Urban Rooms; The Objects of Melodrama; Television and the American Home; The Domestic Catastrophes of Bacon and Lynch; Stairway to Hell: Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me; A Homecoming Queen: The Image of Laura Palmer; In Camera: Modern Home Media; How Did You Get Inside My House?Lost Highway; 3 ROAD; Geography in Motion; Crossing State Lines: Wild at Heart; A Less-Than-Perfect Radio; The Crazy World of New Orleans.

The Build-Up in Traffi cAmerica at Five Miles an Hour: The Straight Story; Flyover States; 4 STAGE; The Enclosures of Modernity; It Is Happening Again: The Perils of Performance; The Other Side of the Cameras; Inside a Labyrinth: The Red Room; 5 ROOM; The Logic of Simultaneity; An Old Tale: The Marriage of Łódz and Los Angeles; An Unpaid Bill: Inland Empire; The Alley Behind the Marketplace; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY; Index.

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