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Miguel's avatar

Lynch may be the filmmaker of ethics' obscenity par excellence, but we can also trace this idea from Lacan's reading of Antigone through Sethe. In the noir mode of filmmaking, the demands of the ethical almost always occasion defiance of the law (lower case 'l,' as in 'legal') which Lynch took to the most exacting extremes. RIP.

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Aditya Anand's avatar

Great article as always. Lynch seemed to have a pulse to the *weirdness* of desire, and the way he used the logic of dreams to convey that ad-infinitum relationship was powerful. He reminds me of a Lacan who thought there *really could be a sexual relationship,* that humanity could get over its "one true failure," that we could all Really love each other beyond the imaginary. I think Twin Peaks did that really well. Powerful as always!

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