{"product_id":"blue-velvet-paperback","title":"Blue Velvet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many, \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet \u003c\/i\u003eis David Lynch's masterpiece. It represents a unique act of cinema: an 80s Hollywood studio film as radical, visionary and cabalistic as anything found in the avant-garde; a mysteriously symbolic and subterranean 'cult' movie that nevertheless has recognisable stars and was broadly distributed; a genre piece with the ambience of a fearsome, hyper-composed nightmare; an American 'art film' by Hollywood's only reputable 'art film' director. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Atkinson's intricate and layered reading of the film shows how crystallises many of Lynch's chief preoccupations: the evil and violence underlying the surface of suburbia, the seedy by-ways of sexuality, the frightening appearance of the adult world to a child's eyes, presenting it as the definitive expression of the traumatized innocence which characterizes Lynch's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his afterword to this new edition, Atkinson situates \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e within a culture that has changed drastically in the 35 years since its release, and in doing so, he considers the film's lasting significance as it slowly turns from contemporary phenomenon to an interpretable artifact.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Atkinson \u003c\/b\u003eis Adjunct Professor of Film at Long Island University, USA. He has written widely on film and culture, in publications including \u003ci\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Criterion Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eGhosts in the Machine: Speculations on the Dark Heart of Pop Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), \u003ci\u003eExile Cinema: Filmmakes at Work Beyond Hollywood \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and the novel \u003ci\u003eHemingway Cutthroat \u003c\/i\u003e(2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699009327167,"sku":"9781839023712","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/371da41237aa8cc80a3d7a4c7028035c.webp?v=1765012131","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blue-velvet-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}