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In many of the American filmmaker David Lynch’s films, most notably Lost Highway, doppelgangers, personas, masks, and makeup play fundamental roles. In the current chapter attention is paid to characters such as Mystery man in Lost Highway as well as the homeless person in Mulholland Drive. In both cases, makeup or other distorting features make the distinction between human and monstrous uncanny (e.g., Courtwright, The Mystery Man as uncanny monster in David Lynch’s Lost Highway. Journal of Communication Ethics and Religion, 2017). The chapter offers an additional perspective of masks and makeup as a layer of representing what I label the double-frightening: the ugly and non-humane features of creatures or individuals, in tandem with lower socio-economic status in the case of Mulholland Drive as a fear of hitting rock bottom.

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The Meaning of Masks and Makeup in David Lynch’s Films: An Analysis of Uncanny Characters in Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive

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    2026年

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  • Björn Boman

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In many of the American filmmaker David Lynch’s films, most notably Lost Highway, doppelgangers, personas, masks, and makeup play fundamental roles. In the current chapter attention is paid to characters such as Mystery man in Lost Highway as well as the homeless person in Mulholland Drive. In both cases, makeup or other distorting features make the distinction between human and monstrous uncanny (e.g., Courtwright, The Mystery Man as uncanny monster in David Lynch’s Lost Highway. Journal of Communication Ethics and Religion, 2017). The chapter offers an additional perspective of masks and makeup as a layer of representing what I label the double-frightening: the ugly and non-humane features of creatures or individuals, in tandem with lower socio-economic status in the case of Mulholland Drive as a fear of hitting rock bottom.