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"Clearly, then, Lynch is psychologically interesting, and cathartic of our deepest repressed desires and fears. But is his work interesting philosophically? If so, how? " Dan About this most dreamlike of films, to quote from Freud " that the interpretation of dreams may enable us to draw conclusions as to the structure of our mental apparatus which we have hoped for in vain from philosophy" on which Cavell in turn comments as follows 'our vain waiting for philosophy is now to be replaced by the positive work of doing something else, call it psychoanalysis; and/or that our waiting for philosophy is at last no longer vain, that philosphy has now been fulfilled in the form of psychoanalysis.' Ross * * Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. **