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Post by alansmithee on Apr 1, 2008 14:16:29 GMT -5
David Lynch is one of my all-time favorite directors. Which is your favorite movie?
I'm going to have to go with Blue Velvet, although Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart are not far behind.
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Post by Frameous on Apr 1, 2008 14:37:00 GMT -5
Inland Empire all the way. I am a huge fan of his work, and went through stages where I liked one film more than the others. But once I saw Empire, it seemed to me that all of the ideas and archetypes that he has been playing with all these years finally crystallized into his masterwork. I honestly don't think he can top it, but I would love to see him try.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Apr 1, 2008 15:06:22 GMT -5
My head lecturer at uni was obsessed with Lynch. I'm not a massive fan but do really like Blue Velvet. Elephant Man and Eraserhead are wonderful as well.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Apr 1, 2008 16:04:29 GMT -5
Being a Twin Peaks freak...I just realized, Twin Peaks could be a euphamism...
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Apr 1, 2008 17:16:06 GMT -5
Dune is the only one I've seen, and that annoyed me more than anything else. Several of his other films have been on my list to watch for quite a while now, but somehow I just always forget about them when I'm finding a movie.
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Post by alansmithee on Apr 1, 2008 17:27:09 GMT -5
Inland Empire all the way. I am a huge fan of his work, and went through stages where I liked one film more than the others. But once I saw Empire, it seemed to me that all of the ideas and archetypes that he has been playing with all these years finally crystallized into his masterwork. I honestly don't think he can top it, but I would love to see him try. The first time I saw Inland Empire, I didn't like it. It seemed just rambling, incoherent - saw it again and loved it. I had this thing about how I loved old Lynch such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart more than new Lynch: Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire. I felt that the former three had more restraint than the latter three, and that the former three had more of an unapparent plot and focused more on emotions and atmopshere whereas the others had disjointed plots that kept it from the more simple genius of the more relatively straight-forward (plot-wise) Eraserhead. I've had a bit of a change of heart though, and I'm learning to love his newer work as well. Still, when "Ben" picks up that light and starts singing Roy Orbison's "In Dreams", that scene, to me, is the perfect example of intution at it's best. It seems off, random and just weird in a logical way - but it works. The way the room is painted...the fat women lying around...Dennis Hopper's facial expressions... There's something so incredibly bizarre about it, something so sinister and demented. It's IMO one of the greatest scenes in history.
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Post by Shep on Apr 1, 2008 18:33:33 GMT -5
"Blue Velvet" is one of my all-time favorite films.
But then I love most of Lynch's work, especially "Eraserhead" and "Mullholland Drive." (I still need to see "Inland Empire.")
I also adore the comic strip he did, "The Angriest Dog In The World."
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Post by terry on Apr 1, 2008 18:48:17 GMT -5
David Lynch is an acquired taste, to be sure. "Blue Velvet" and "The Elephant Man" are right at the top of my list, but "Eraserhead" tops them all. More an experience than a movie.
As for "Wild at Heart," I thought it was the strangest porno I've ever seen. "Mulholland Dr." confused the hell outta me and I think I should watch it again.
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Post by solgroupie on Apr 1, 2008 20:33:13 GMT -5
i had to go with wild at heart. i thoroughly enjoyed blue velvet, but WAH was the first lynch film that just reached out and grabbed me. i loved the soundtrack, cage's elvis-y accent and just the utter bizarreness of it all. every time i wear red nail polish, i think of lula's ten foot long fingers stretched out every time 'ol sailor made her happy. a lot of good lines in it too. My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from "The Wizard of Oz." But I warn you, my dog is always with me. WOOF! and i still exclaim "rockin' good news!" when the occasion warrants. i was a huge twin peaks fan when it first came on. every week my co-workers and i would discuss the last night's show, trying to come up with the identity of BOB. i still have my copy of laura palmer's diary. damn good coffee. and hot!
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Post by Chuck on Apr 1, 2008 20:42:53 GMT -5
I was really into Twin Peaks. (Even had the soundtrack on my answering machine.) But I thought Fire, Walk With Me was just dreadful. I was very disappointed.)
I do not like Dune either. I've watched it five times, and still can't make head or tail of it.
I saw Eraserhead originally at a midnight showing, and just flipped. Elephant Man is gorgeous. And Blue Velvet is on my all time top ten list. I like his later, denser work also. He seems to be widening the Eraserhead thing (i.e.: he was filming dreams and nightmares).
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Post by terry on Apr 1, 2008 21:48:47 GMT -5
and i still exclaim "rockin' good news!" when the occasion warrants. I am going to start doing this!
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Apr 1, 2008 22:40:49 GMT -5
Hard to pick just one, but in the end I voted for Mulholland Drive, which was just gorgeous and sinister, the way all his best work is. It had two of the scariest scenes ever, IMHO -- the Winky's Diner scene and the Silencio scene. Brrr. I love all his movies, though, especially Wild At Heart. And I adored Inland Empire. I've already seen it twice!
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Post by Pierre Trudeau on Apr 2, 2008 0:32:07 GMT -5
There are so many great parts from Wild at Heart. Especially the story about Dell. Extremely quotable, and the fact that the normally loathsome Nic Cage was awesome... fantastic.
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Post by Jack Burton on Apr 2, 2008 6:28:07 GMT -5
Eraserhead for me. Watch it at 3:00am with the lights out in surround sound for best results. I love Blue Velvet and dig Mulholland Drive, but most of most of his work is usually hit or miss for me. Usually I think his stuff is either one half brilliant, one half HUH?!?! (Wild at Heart and Lost Highway), or just titantic turdburgers (Dune and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me).
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Post by Shep on Apr 2, 2008 6:52:27 GMT -5
Hard to pick just one, but in the end I voted for Mulholland Drive...the Winky's Diner scene I'll never forget the first time I saw this. Jesus! I also love the scene with the Cowboy, the creepy audition with Chad Everett and where the girl lipsincs to "I've Told Every Little Star." Just an amazing film!
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