Lynch/Oz, written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Type
Label
Lynch/Oz, written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
E
Main title
Lynch/Oz
Responsibility statement
written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Runtime
109
Series statement
Janus contemporaries
Summary
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short The Alphabet to his recent television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration consciously or unconsciously from a single work. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do Lynch's films have to say about the enduring resonance of one of America's most beloved classics? Through six distinct perspectives, Alexandre O. Philippe's Lynch/Oz helps us reexperience and reinterpret The Wizard of Oz through David Lynch, delivering new appreciations of both
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Documentary films
- Personal narratives
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Motion pictures + Production and direction + History
- Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) -- History and criticism
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography
- Blu-ray discs
- Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) -- Influence
- Oz (Imaginary place) + Influence
- Lynch, David, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
Content
resource.filmdirector
Is Part Of
onscreenparticipant
Publisher
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor6
- Genre4
- Subject11
- Documentary films
- Personal narratives
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Motion pictures + Production and direction + History
- Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) -- History and criticism
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography
- Blu-ray discs
- Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) -- Influence
- Oz (Imaginary place) + Influence
- Lynch, David, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- Is Part Of1
- onscreenparticipant4
- Publisher1
- resource.screenwriter1