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| David Lynch; Film Director | |
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| MidiPour | Mar 11 2012, 12:20 AM Post #1 |
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Since I basically derailed a thread in the AGG board because of someone's awesome avatar, instead of discussing Twin Peaks or Lynch films there. Why not have a Lynch discussion here. Discussion is open for anything Lynch, along with film and games you think you can draw the Lynchian inspiration from. As for me, I watched Twin Peaks and enjoyed that show. I thought the first season was short and sweet, but felt the second season kind of dragged on. I liked how we got to invest more time with the personalities in the second season (as it was 20 something episodes), but I kind of lost where the narrative was going. By the end of the second season, I kind of was turned away by how the director resolved Cooper's relationship. And Lynch's cameo role as a detective was humorous to say the least. As for films, I've only seen the two recent ones, aside from seeing weird scenes years ago from Eraserhead (which I didn't intentionally spoil for myself). Those two films include Mulholland Dr. and Inland Empire. The former film I enjoyed quite a bit, I just adored Naomi Watt's performance in this (especially being a fan of the American release of The Ring), so I watched the film a couple of times in order to comprehend what was going on with the plot. Then there was Inland Empire, which I saw more recently, which I feel very mixed about. First, it's a horror movie in the sense that there's parts in the film that is supposed to creep you out or shock you. For me, I couldn't push myself to watch this film again to interpret the latter portion of the film, let alone watch it once (I had to take breaks). The film is very long and drawn out, and despite thinking the first hour was great, it really just takes a turn for me after. So feel free to discuss Lynch. I hope to see KlaasPlekk in here discussing and recommending me stuff. (: Cheers! |
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| KlaasPlekk | Mar 11 2012, 04:30 AM Post #2 |
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What an awesome thread!  Well, I got introduced to Lynch about a year ago and since then he has become my favorite film director and I've seen every one of his (feature lenght) films and all the episodes of "Twin Peaks". The first lynch movie I saw was Eraserhead, which I now consider my favorite movie of all time. I just like the whole atmosphere of the movie and just the plain weirdness of it. Jack Nance is awesome as Henry Spencer. He doesn't have a lot of dialoge, but he does most of the talking with his facial expressions. Also the baby character is one of the strangest and mysterious characters you'll ever see in a movie. But I think it's the kinda movie you should definetly see more than once to make sense of it. If you've never seen David Lynch movies, then I think Eraserhead is a good place to start. If you like it you'll probably like his other films and if you don't like it then there wouldn't be any reason to bother with rest of his films. Although there are a few exceptions. One of them would be The Elephant Man. It is Lynch's second film and it's more straight forward and easy to understand than Eraserhead. It has some strange aspects about it, but it's not the kinda movie you'll need to deeply analyze after you've watched. It's also a very emotional film, kind of a sad story about a deformed man who is shown at freakshows and just all around abused by everyone. But he's saved by a doctor who wants to help him and also study his strange condition. It's sad and it moved me to tears, but at the end you'll feel this strange kind of happiness for the character. It's hard to explain. But The Elephant Man is one of two Lynch movies that I think everyone will enjoy and understand. The other one would be The Straight Story. David Lynch himself has said that The Straight Story is his most experimental movie. So I guess what's experimental by Lynch's standards, is regular by everyone elses, because this is very different from other David Lynch films. Mostly because it wasn't written by Lynch. So there isn't any graphic violence or sexual content, like for example in The Lost Highwat. I mean it was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures for crying out loud. So it is a very light hearted film, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Again, like with The Elephant Man, the story is very easy to follow and understand. It tells us a story of Alvin Straight(played by Richard Farnsworth who does an amazing job) who wants to go see his brother, who recently had a heart attack. But his brother lives far far(like a few hundred miles) away. And Alvin decides to make this trip on an old lawnmower. Again it is a very emotionaly powerful story and the incredible music by Angelo Badalamenti just adds to the whole feeling of this movie. It's another movie I can safely reccomend to every one. Wow what a long post! I guess that's it for now, I gotta go!  But this isn't the last of me you'll see in this thread that's for sure!!!
Edited by KlaasPlekk, Mar 11 2012, 04:33 AM.
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