{"product_id":"the-best-of-trevor-lynch-trevor-lynch-9781642640533","title":"The Best of Trevor Lynch","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 2001, Trevor Lynch has garnered a fervent following for his frankly Right-wing treatment of philosophical, political, racial, and sexual themes in film and television. \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Trevor Lynch\u003c\/em\u003e collects sixteen of his most important essays covering David Lean's \u003cem\u003eThe Bridge on the River Kwai\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDoctor Zhivago\u003c\/em\u003e, Akria Kurosawa's \u003cem\u003eRashomon\u003c\/em\u003e, Federico Fellini's \u003cem\u003eLa Dolce Vita\u003c\/em\u003e, Luchino Visconti's \u003cem\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e, Sergio Leone's \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in the West\u003c\/em\u003e, David Lynch's \u003cem\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/em\u003e, John Ford's \u003cem\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Nolan's \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Knight Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e, David Fincher's \u003cem\u003eFight Club\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Schrader's \u003cem\u003eMishima\u003c\/em\u003e, Sidney Lumet's \u003cem\u003eNetwork\u003c\/em\u003e, Quentin Tarrantino's \u003cem\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, and Zack Snyder's \u003cem\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Trevor Lynch is a master of using philosophy to illuminate films and films to illuminate philosophy: Plato, Hegel, and Kojève to interpret \u003cem\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e; Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Traditionalism to understand \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Knight Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e; Carl Schmitt and René Girard to make sense of \u003cem\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/em\u003e, and so forth, one \u003cem\u003etour de force\u003c\/em\u003e after another. This volume demonstrates why Trevor Lynch has inspired a whole school of New Right cultural criticism. I give it four stars.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Derek Hawthorne, author of \u003cem\u003eBeing and \u003c\/em\u003e\"The Birds\"\u003cem\u003e or: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Heidegger (But Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock) \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Trevor Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642640530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642640533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counter-Currents Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Trevor Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087667478783,"sku":"9781642640533","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56fb8e32-3dfb-48db-a6ad-115dd081306b.jpg?v=1753850463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-of-trevor-lynch-trevor-lynch-9781642640533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}