David Lynch: What did Jack do? Poetics of disruption, aesthetics of the Chimera

Abstract

This short film, in addition to the alleged heritage of surrealism, uses hybrid comic and fantastical processes (such as the creation of a chimera, disruptive narration, nonsense dialogues focused on fatrasia), which take up the carnivalization described by Michaël Bakhtine, and more particularly La Sottie, a satirical piece in verse, of medieval origins, performed at the time of carnival. The reference to Erasmus' Praise of Madness would prove this. In this buffoon parade, David Lynch, like a Master of the Absurd, enjoys collapsing the codes of film noir narration, like his own filmography, creating a turbulent aesthetic capable of challenging the disruptive platform on which he makes his debut.