David Lynch

[Travis]

is anyone else here a fan of david lynch's films?
i've become a big fan of his lately.

[Paroxysm]

I like him. Don't love him.

[Scream]

He's ok. I sometimes think he gets too much credit simply because his films are outside the Hollywood norm. While I definitely like films that are off the beaten track, "different" doesn't always equal "good". I really liked what he did with The Elephant Man, but am somewhat less enthused with films like Blue Velvet.

Anyway, I applaud him for doing what he wants and not being a cookie-cutter filmmaker like so many others.

[hiob]

I´m a big fan of his work, "Mulholland Drive", "Lost Highway", "Twin Peaks".
I love this man. :love:

[Lethe]

is anyone else here a fan of david lynch's films?
i've become a big fan of his lately.

I love all of his works and I'm especially waiting for critically aclaimed Mike Patton's project "Firecrackers (http://www.dikenga.com/films/firecracker/cast/mike_patton/index.htm)" which is in some kind of a way a tribute to Lynch. Lets say that critics say that Firecrackers totally lives up to every work of Lynch up to date. The movie is finished but very hard to get, especially here where I live. Mike Patton once stated that Lynch's works have always been big inspiration for his music through his entire career.

[Piano Man]

This might sound dumb... But wasnt David Lynch the guy who released that really annoying song "My united states of whatever"???

Does he do movies as well????

[Travis]

No, no, that's Liam Lynch (I think that was his name?).

Mulholland Drive is definitely one of my favourite movies, I can enjoy it on many levels. It's very multi faceted...it's funny, it's scary, it's sexy, it makes you think, all at the same time. It's definitely grown on me and I can't get it out of my head now.

I recently saw Eraserhead and thought it was great too, probably the creepiest movie I've ever seen, it at least ranks up there somewhere. It made me sad and it made me scared. Considering it was a fake mutant baby made in the 70s, I really felt for it for some reason. Movies don't usually do that to me.

Lost Highway hasn't grown on me as much as those two have yet.
It's not because I 'don't get it' or anything, something about it doesn't sit quite right with me. I just enjoyed Mulholland Drive more.

I'm looking forward to his new film coming this year, Inland Empire.

[Paroxysm]

I love all of his works and I'm especially waiting for critically aclaimed Mike Patton's project "Firecrackers (http://www.dikenga.com/films/firecracker/cast/mike_patton/index.htm)" which is in some kind of a way a tribute to Lynch. Lets say that critics say that Firecrackers totally lives up to every work of Lynch up to date. The movie is finished but very hard to get, especially here where I live. Mike Patton once stated that Lynch's works have always been big inspiration for his music through his entire career.

I hadn't considered firecracker to be especially lynch esque, but I guess I can see it somewhat. Out on dvd now, I should order!

[hiob]

Has anyone seen Inland Empire yet, should be in cinnemas now. (It is in most of Europe). If so, is it good, is it complicated to figure out what the movie is about? :)

[Tetsuro]

I liked Dune!

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[Paroxysm]

On a different note I finally got a copy of firecracker :p

[supermeerkat]

DL was, I believe, wanted by George Lucas to direct "Return of the Jedi". But for some reason DL wasn't able to do it. Now that is one of Cinema's great what ifs.

[Vivi]

Luke finds an ear in the middle of Tatooine.

[hiob]

I guess Lynch wants total freedom with his movies, but the Star Wars franchise has it's rules and restrictions.

[Lethe]

On a different note I finally got a copy of firecracker :p

Did you watched it already?

[Daedolon]

Firecracker has similarities with Lynch's work to some extent. It's a good movie but I'd rather watch something from Lynch (for a comparison since this is a topic about his work).

I love Dune and Twin Peaks btw.

[MeatWagon]

I really like David Lynch. I haven't seen all his films yet but I plan to. So far I have watched Eraserhead, only half of Blue Velvet, Mullholland drive, Lost Highway, Dune, all of the Twin Peaks series,Twin Peaks fire walk with me and most recently Wild at Heart. I laughed my arse off seeing Nicholas Cage karate dancing like Elvis in the desert to some thrash metal.

[thefly]

DL was, I believe, wanted by George Lucas to direct "Return of the Jedi". But for some reason DL wasn't able to do it. Now that is one of Cinema's great what ifs.


I guess Lynch wants total freedom with his movies, but the Star Wars franchise has it's rules and restrictions.

He ended up doing Dune instead. And he won't talk about Dune and despises it, and really had to bend to what the studio wanted. Certainly didn't have total freedom on that. So, yeah, I wish he'd done ROTJ instead. Though I do love Dune; reminds me of being a kid of the '80s.


Not understanding the dislike of Blue Velvet here. Dennis Hopper's performance alone is worth watching the movie.

[Hudson]

David Lynch is great, however I tend to enjoy his shorts and older films a lot more than his big-budget stuff.

[thefly]

Twin Peaks is probably my favorite TV show ever. I really just think of it as a really long mini-series. Not a big fan of the movie.

[Dave-ros]

Dune is okay if you don't mind the total distortion of the original novel (e.g. "wierding" going from a pre-Matrix martial art to some sort of sound-to-blast device :doh:).

Anyone else seen Eraserhead? Now there's a movie deserving of a big fat WTF :p

[Paroxysm]

Did you watched it already?
Only the first 20 mins or so. I'm programming an "no Australian distribution" film night this Friday and it's on the lineup (and I wanna see them all fresh).
Romance and Cigarettes, Special, Severance, Firecracker

Lynch hey? I'll see Inland Empire when it's released but that's still a while off in Aus I believe. I tend to have a love and hate relationship with his stuff as there's a certain awkwardness in his presentation. Film making that could even be described as rather amateur in a technical sense but done with such confidence. It does add to the uncertainty of his films but also just frustrates part of me too.

[Needle]

I`m not sure how to feel about him. His works are like turds sprinkled with jewels. I don`t think he has a f'cking clue how to come up with or tell a worthwhile story, but he has a lot of whacky ideas that are fun to watch.

[thefly]

I think Lynch is very creative. Creative doesn't always mean pleasing. I don't think he tries to create pleasing things. I think he's probably crazy.

[Hudson]

Yeah I think he's quite a bit out of his mind. Ever see "The Grandmother"?

I've found that Lynch's movies do tell a story, however that story is occasionally usually presented in an abstract and/or surreal manner.

Take a look at Eraserhead. From first glance the movie makes no sense at all, but if you take time and think about it you'll realize that it tells the story of specific events a person goes through during his life (birth, teenage years, romance, marriage, childbirth, infidelity, divorce, death). It's just not right out front spelled out there for you with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan feeding it to you with a spatula.

[Lethe]

People don't have to be crazy to create weird and disturbing things...

[Hudson]

No, but it sure helps!

[Lethe]

No, but it sure helps!

heh21

[Xgthug]

I've actually taken up an interest myself recently.
I have Lost Highway (Seems pretty deep) and I've seen a few episodes of Twin Peaks.
So far I liked what I've seen.

[Monkey Butler]

I'll see Inland Empire when it's released but that's still a while off in Aus I believe.
It's showing at the Sydney Film Festival, and Dendy's picked it up for release.

I'm a pretty big fan of Lynch, although I agree that sometimes, the stories he tells could easily be told in other ways. Lost Highway is a perfect example of that for me: it does make sense, but if he'd worked on the story some more he could have easily made it into a single coherent narrative, while still hitting all the beats that he did in the film. I suppose the jarring narrative style does help to create the mood though. Mulholland Dr. I guess wouldn't have worked, or couldn't have worked, without all the metaphor and obtuseness, and it's pretty fricken perfect.

Oh, and Fire Walk With Me is just about the scariest film I've ever seen. All I'll say is both scenes with Bob in Laura's room...

[Dr.Dude]

He's completely insane, that much is obvious...but there's just something wonderfully twisted about his insanity. ;)

Though overall, I think his best movie was The Elephant Man...he played his usual quirks down a little bit and it worked out fantastically.

[ReadOnly]

'Dune' and 'Blue Velvet'... All those whispering inner monologues in 'Dune' are amazingly atmospheric and emotional.

[Lethe]

He hates Dune. Refuses to even speak about it.

[mysteryperfecta]

I've seen Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, and didn't care for either of them.

I vaguely remember appreciating The Elephant Man, and Dune is campy fun when not taken seriously. We would quote lines from Dune in college.

[Dave-ros]

Yeah, except things like "weirding" and "my name is a killing word" mean totally different things in the original book -- artistic licence FTW :p