{"product_id":"twin-peaks-the-return-part-8-movies-minute-by-minute-9798765121740","title":"Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8: Movies Minute by Minute","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA minute-by-minute analysis of one episode (Part 8) of David Lynch's \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks: The Return\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch has been written about the work of David Lynch and existential fear in relation to Americana and the American Dream-as-American Nightmare in terms that are circular and artistically self-referential-or \u003ci\u003eLynchian. \u003c\/i\u003eBut with Part 8 of his most recent work, the 2017 series \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks: The Return, \u003c\/i\u003eLynch locates his singular and unsettling visual vocabulary within an epic historical context: the world's first atomic explosion, the Trinity Test. With reference to the 1983 television phenomenon \u003ci\u003eThe Day After\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynch's work is newly situated in a resurgence of works reassessing the legacy of Trinity. Among them: HBO's \u003ci\u003eChernobyl\u003c\/i\u003e, Trevor Paglen's \u003ci\u003eTrinity Cube, \u003c\/i\u003eCormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStella Maris\u003c\/i\u003e, and Christopher Nolan's \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer. \u003c\/i\u003eWith David Lynch's Part 8, a cultural circuit is completed, from the idiosyncratic and personal-or Lynchian-to the shared space of what theorist Paul Virilio describes as \"cosmic fear\"-or an emergency of social media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter placing the work in this specific context, this book examines every minute of Lynch's Part 8 from \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks: The Return\u003c\/i\u003e, minute by minute-a thrilling endeavor due to the radical landscape that Lynch sets forth: a landscape of astonishing cinematic extremities, from the maddeningly abstract, absurd, and meticulous, to the lush, and terrifying. The director presents an uncanny intimacy that is an achievement even among the most critically lauded works in Lynch's catalog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor, writer, and Eagle Scout from Ohio, USA, now based in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a founding member of the experimental film\/art group Rufus Corporation directed by Eve Sussman, which produced the moving-image trilogy \u003ci\u003e89 Seconds at Alcazar, The Rape of the Sabine Women, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ewhiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the cinematic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Glacier\u003c\/i\u003e. He has contributed writing to 3: AM Magazine and Socrates on the Beach and collaborates with multidisciplinary artists internationally. His invisible cinema project \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e, with composer Johannes Malfatti, is a sonic encounter with an archival cassette tape.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648847872274,"sku":"9798765121740","price":87.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7de5500d-ab5e-4b44-99b6-994d5e4306eb.jpg?v=1759835775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twin-peaks-the-return-part-8-movies-minute-by-minute-9798765121740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}