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Altered States Of Reality: The Theme Of Twinning In David Lynch's Lost Highway, Alan Edward Green Jr.
Altered States Of Reality: The Theme Of Twinning In David Lynch's Lost Highway, Alan Edward Green Jr.
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
As a postmodern director, David Lynch makes films which are innovative, evocative, and uniquely his own. The theme of twinning, in particular, is recapitulated throughout the director's oeuvre; however, it is with Lost Highway that the thematic element he addresses takes center stage. The film's main character Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is unable to cope with the trauma in his life. After killing his wife and finding himself on death row, he has a parallel identity crisis; he manages a metamorphosis into a younger, virile Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty). The method which allows this transformation is the psychogenic fugue: a …
Review Of I Wake Up Screaming, Michael Adams
Review Of I Wake Up Screaming, Michael Adams
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Review of H. Bruce Humberstone's I Wake Up Screaming: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/07/i-wake-up-screaming.html
Review Of The River's Edge, Michael Adams
Review Of The River's Edge, Michael Adams
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Review of Allan Dwan's The River's Edge: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/07/the-rivers-edge-1957.html