Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, or the not-so-subtle art of not giving a fuck.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, or the not-so-subtle art of not giving a fuck.
Author: Ryan Molyneux
I am a MA Film Graduate from Newcastle University with an obsession for Twin Peaks and all things Lynchian.
An Ode to Zanzibar: the return of Inside No. 9.
An Ode to Zanzibar: a poetical review of the triumphant return of Inside No. 9.
A Clockwork Orange: Ultra-Violent Self-Censorship
"I can’t stand violence. I… I loathe it! And one feels so responsible putting an act of violence down on paper. If one can put an act of violence down on paper, you’ve created the act! You might as well have done it! I detest that damn book now." ---Anthony Burgess It’s funny how the… Continue reading A Clockwork Orange: Ultra-Violent Self-Censorship
The Shining: Kubrick transforms King’s novel into a uncanny narrative of American colonialism.
"The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living." -Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte In Stanley Kubrick: A Biography, Vincent Lobrutto tells us that Kubrick’s intention with The Shining was not to simply let King ‘adapt his own novel’ but rather to make the… Continue reading The Shining: Kubrick transforms King’s novel into a uncanny narrative of American colonialism.
Mulholland Drive: Destructive worlds of fantasy and reality on the winding road of Lynch Angeles.
Spoilers galore below! Mulholland Drive Unlike Lost Highway in which we are transported into the protagonist’s fantasy halfway through the film, Mulholland Drive places the spectator straight into the fantasy world of its protagonist Betty/Diane. The first two-thirds of the film plays out as the storyline of Rita who has amnesia, the spectator accepts this… Continue reading Mulholland Drive: Destructive worlds of fantasy and reality on the winding road of Lynch Angeles.
Lost Highway: Suppression of reality in Lynch Angeles, the city of dreams.
Lynch Angeles Many miles away from Lynchtown lies the dreamy city of Lynch Angeles. Lynch Angeles is a city where dreams become reality; a city where people can reinvent themselves; a city where people can go to forget about their troubles. This fantasy world of obfuscated dreams, obsessive desires and subverted narratives, is rooted within… Continue reading Lost Highway: Suppression of reality in Lynch Angeles, the city of dreams.
Twin Peaks: Dual worlds of dreams and reality in Lynchtown.
SPOILERS: This article tells you more than just how "damn good" the coffee and pie is at the RR. Read on if you're familiar with the show! Through analysis of the television series, and the subsequent prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, this article will explore how the binary oppositions of Blue Velvet… Continue reading Twin Peaks: Dual worlds of dreams and reality in Lynchtown.
