{"product_id":"the-strange-world-of-david-eric-g-wilson-9780826428240","title":"The Strange World of David Lynch: Transcendental Irony from Eraserhead to Mulholland Dr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has sat through the dark and grainy world of \u003ci\u003eEraserhead \u003c\/i\u003eknows that David Lynch's fi lms pull us into a strange world where reality turns upside down and sideways. His fi lms are carnivals that allow us to transcend our ordinary lives and to reverse the meanings we live with in our daily lives. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the opening scene of \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet \u003c\/i\u003ewhen our worlds are literally turned on their ears. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLynch endlessly vacillates between Hollywood conventions and avant-garde experimentation, placing viewers in the awkward position of not knowing when the image is serious and when it's in jest, when meaning is lucid or when it's lost. His vexed style in this way places form and content in a perpetually self-consuming dialogue. But what do Lynch's fi lms have to do with religion? Wilson aims to answer that question in his new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange World of David Lynch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo say that irony (especially of the kind found in Lynch's fi lms) generates religious experience is to suggest religious can be founded on nihilism. Moreover, in claiming Lynch's fi lms are religious, one must assume that extremely violent and lurid sexual films are somehow expressions of energies of peace, tranquility, and love. Wilson illuminates not only Lynch's fi lm but also the study of religion and fi lm by showing that the most profound cinematic experiences of religion have very little to do with traditional belief systems. His book offers fresh ways of connecting the cinematic image to the sacred experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who has sat through the dark and grainy world of \u003ci\u003eEraserhead \u003c\/i\u003eknows that David Lynch's fi lms pull us into a strange world where reality turns upside down and sideways. His fi lms are carnivals that allow us to transcend our ordinary lives and to reverse the meanings we live with in our daily lives. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the opening scene of \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet \u003c\/i\u003ewhen our worlds are literally turned on their ears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLynch endlessly vacillates between Hollywood conventions and avant-garde experimentation, placing viewers in the awkward position of not knowing when the image is serious and when it's in jest, when meaning is lucid or when it's lost. His vexed style in this way places form and content in a perpetually self-consuming dialogue. But what do Lynch's fi lms have to do with religion? Wilson aims to answer that question in his new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange World of David Lynch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo say that irony (especially of the kind found in Lynch's fi lms) generates religious experience is to suggest religious can be founded on nihilism. Moreover, in claiming Lynch's fi lms are religious, one must assume that extremely violent and lurid sexual films are somehow expressions of energies of peace, tranquility, and love. Wilson illuminates not only Lynch's fi lm but also the study of religion and fi lm by showing that the most profound cinematic experiences of religion have very little to do with traditional belief systems. His book offers fresh ways of connecting the cinematic image to the sacred experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric G. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082642824X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826428240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 5.34w x 0.55d","brand":"Eric G. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640571646207,"sku":"9780826428240","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01d3a68b-f622-48eb-a17a-154702b5cec4.jpg?v=1740669985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-strange-world-of-david-eric-g-wilson-9780826428240","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}