women of david lynch

• author: scott ryan
• paperback
• number of pages: 176
• dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.3 in / 15.24 x 22.86 x 0.76 cm

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about this book:

David Lynch, one of America's most misunderstood filmmakers, has for decades had to cope with accusations of misogyny from critics like Roger Ebert, but the funny thing is the women actors who appear in his films almost uniformly love working with him, and together they have created some of the most fascinating and multidimensional female characters in cinema history, several of whom are celebrated in this anthology of essays by critics, scholars, writers, and fans of the director's work. David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his work, due largely to frequent depictions of violence against women. Yet others see in Lynch’s work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts jump at every opportunity to work with him. “He is the master of the juxtaposition of the creepy and the sweet, the sexual and the chaste,” (Lynn Hirschberg).