The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch's Lost Highway Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington

Sep 6, 2011 - The 1997 David Lynch film LOST HIGHWAY was not well received by critics, who labeled it a "surrealistic" "neo-noir" and "incoherent." I contest these charges on all counts. Dec 27, 2007 - Žižek, Slavoj. July 13, 2013 · 10:49 am “Song for the Siren”, from Lost Highway, 1987. This very funny and very dark tale of a young man adrift in a society made by the older generation is still a moving experience today. Seattle : Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, 2000. The Cocteau Twins' sublime, exotic lament comes at a pivotal moment in David Lynch's surreal mystery. Dec 4, 2012 - The Circus (Charlie Chaplin, 1928) Chaplin's oft-neglected gem boasts two of the funniest scenes in his formidably funny oeuvre: Chaplin on a tightrope besieged by a congress of monkeys and Chaplin in a sleeping lion's cage trying to quiet a barking dog. The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime: On David Lynch's Lost Highway. Don't expect any plot logic in this story of a man in prison who . Jul 13, 2013 - The lost art of the television movie? Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986) I watched Lynch's bold and honest attempt to grapple with human sexuality on the day the film opened.