Masters of the Grotesque: The Cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1. The Philosophy of the Grotesque I. Art, Being and Contrast II. Metaphysics, Myth and Purgatory Part 2. Interpolarity: Binaries of the Grotesque III. Tim Burton's Two Worlds IV. Terry Gilliam's Mythic Madness Part 3. Menacing Invasions: The Hazards of Time and Subjectivity V. The Mundane and the Catastrophic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen VI. Obliterating the Subject in the Cinematic World of David Lynch Part 4. Into the World and Back Again: From Politics to Paradox VII. Politics, Culture and the Grotesque Family in Hippie-Slasher-Horror VIII. Grim Revieries, or the Ambiguities Chapter Notes Works Cited List of Names and Terms