Pervert in the Pulpit: Morality in the Works of David Lynch

by Jeff Johnson

Filmmaker David Lynch's work is viewed here as patriotic and Puritanical. This Lynch is an idealistic conservative on a reformer's mission. Lynch promotes a return to the values inherent in a mythological America, but he indulges in a voyeuristic pleasure which he simultaneously condemns. Like Jeffrey peeking through the slats of Dorothy's closet in Blue Velvet, the viewer of Lynch's work is a rationalist plagued by his dreams; intrigued...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786417536
• ISBN13: 9780786417537
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher