Mulholland Drive

Beloved by film and art aficionados and fans of neo-noir cinema, Mulholland Drive is one of the most important and enigmatic films of recent years. It occupies a central and controversial position in the work of its director, David Lynch, who won the best director award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for the movie. Mulholland Drive in the Routledge Philosophers on Film series is the first full philosophical appraisal of Lynch's film. Beginning with an introduction by the editor, the volume explores the following topics: * the identity of the self and its persistence through time * the central, dual roles played by fantasy and reality throughout the film * whether Mulholland Drive is best understood epistemologically via reason and language, or whether, as Lynch himself argues, by one's 'inner feelings' and emotions * parallels between Mulholland Drive and Kafka's The Castle, both of which pit their protagonists at the mercy of unseen forces * Mulholland Drive and