{"product_id":"mulholland-drive-justus-nieland-9781805750826","title":"Mulholland Drive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), David Lynch's hallucinatory noir, is one of cinema's most original, despairing portraits of Hollywood's dream factory. A backstudio film, \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e follows bright-eyed actress Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), who arrives in Los Angeles and becomes caught in a mysterious conspiracy of power with Rita (Laura Harring), an alluring amnesiac. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJustus Nieland's timely study approaches \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e as a film haunted by the fragile infrastructure of its city. He revisits \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's origins as a failed TV pilot for ABC, exploring Lynch's relationship to various studios as material spaces of world-building and environmental control. He argues that LA's unstable atmospheres and uncanny landscapes, with deep roots in the history of film noir, are the essential setting of \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's tragic queer love story and its dark meditation on identity and fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing the film's enduring influence on contemporary film culture, Nieland shows how \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's radical ambiguity continues to provoke obsession and interpretation. Born of an analogue world of paint, plastic and celluloid, Lynch's surreal masterpiece now enjoys an eternal digital afterlife among fans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justus Nieland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805750828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805750826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Film Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.48h x 5.32w x 1.00d","brand":"Justus Nieland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084170371327,"sku":"9781805750826","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mulholland-drive-justus-nieland-9781805750826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}