The present book was written with a view to bringingto public notice the nullity of cynical distance. Its subtitle is not to betaken ironically: it simply refers to the two divisions of each chapter. Asit is indicated by their didactic titles ("Why ..." ), the aim of each of thefive chapters is to elucidate some fundamental Lacanian notion or theoreticalcomplex (letter, woman, repetition, phallus, father). In the firstdivision of each chapter, Lacan is "in Hollywood," i.e., the notion orcomplex in question is explained by way of examples from Hollywoodor popular culture in general; in the second division, we are "out ofHollywood," i.e., the same notion is elaborated as it is "in itself," in itsinherent content. Or, to put it in Hegelese: Hollywood is conceived as a"phenomenology" of the Lacanian Spirit, its appearing for the commonconsciousness, whereas the second division is closer to the "logic" quaarticulation of the notional content in and for itself.