Image is from the film 'Melancholia' (2011). In front of a pink, cloudy sky that is lined with trees, a young woman holds her hands up. Lightning is erupting from her fingertips.

‘Melancholia’ (2011) and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Planet

By: Jennifer Lee Maxwell
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How Lars Von Trier portrays mental illness as a superpower in Melancholia.

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This image is from Mulholland Drive. Betty daydreaming overlaid with Los Angeles Palm Trees

‘Mulholland Drive’ (2001) and the Artifice of the American Dream

By: Jennifer Lee Maxwell
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How David Lynch tricks the audience and dismantles the American Dream in Mulholland Drive.

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