{"product_id":"9781805750826","title":"Mulholland Drive","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJustus Nieland\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), David Lynch's hallucinatory noir, is one of cinema's most original, despairing portraits of Hollywood's dream factory. A backstudio film, \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e follows bright-eyed actress Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), who arrives in Los Angeles and becomes caught in a mysterious conspiracy of power with Rita (Laura Harring), an alluring amnesiac.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustus Nieland's timely study approaches \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e as a film haunted by the fragile infrastructure of its city. He revisits \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's origins as a failed TV pilot for ABC, exploring Lynch's relationship to various studios as material spaces of world-building and environmental control. He argues that LA's unstable atmospheres and uncanny landscapes, with deep roots in the history of film noir, are the essential setting of \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's tragic queer love story and its dark meditation on identity and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the film's enduring influence on contemporary film culture, Nieland shows how \u003ci\u003eMulholland Drive\u003c\/i\u003e's radical ambiguity continues to provoke obsession and interpretation. Born of an analogue world of paint, plastic and celluloid, Lynch's surreal masterpiece now enjoys an eternal digital afterlife among fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJustus Nieland\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Film Studies and Chairperson of the Department of English at Michigan State University, USA. His most recent book,\u003ci\u003e Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) was shortlisted for the 2021 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. He is also author of \u003ci\u003eDavid Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and co-author (with Jen Fay) of \u003ci\u003eFilm Noir: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHard-Boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781805750826\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340105531532,"sku":"9781805750826","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_984204f9-fed0-4372-bb0a-de99e4ec5a36.jpg?v=1788035114","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781805750826","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}