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David Lynch

whateverwhatever
edited July 2008 in Movies
Pretty cool guy.

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  • SailSail
    I've seen Twin Peaks and it's pretty good.
  • Magnum_OpusMagnum_Opus
    Blue Velvet FTW. Him and Wes Anderson are pretty much my favorite directors.
  • whateverwhatever
    Watched Lost Highway on Hulu a little bit ago. Fantastic.
  • gomidoggomidog
    edited July 2008
    He makes crazy movies, but if you actually know about him he's a pretty cool guy (I was just reading this book he wrote on the creative process and how he likes to meditate). I like Blue Velvet quite a bit, but Eraser Head is very peculiar.
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  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    I really loved twin peaks, but I thought Mulholland Drive was ridiculous. I think he delves too much into his own personal imagery/symbolism that just doesn't resonate with anyone except him.
  • RymRym
    I think he delves too much into his own personal imagery/symbolism that just doesn't resonate with anyone except him.
    He's on the path to being the next Shirow/Kojima. ^_~
  • whateverwhatever
    He's on the path to being the next Shirow/Kojima. ^_~
    Lynch started directing much before those two released anything. If anything, I'd say there's a bit of a David Lynch influence in the Metal Gear games.
  • GeoGeo
    edited January 2010
    I think he delves too much into his own personal imagery/symbolism that just doesn't resonate with anyone except him.
    He's on the path to being the next Shirow/Kojima. ^_~
    I disagree with this statement, Rym. While you are right on the point that his movies are as incomprehensible as Shirow's manga and Kojima's video games (some of them), they're horses of a different color.
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  • whateverwhatever
    How are Lynch's movies incomprehensible? They're weird, certainly. Silly, bizarre, surreal, but I fully comprehend the Lynch movies I have seen. They all have themes and ideas that they express very well, and those ideas are in fact amplified by the weirdness.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited January 2010
    I think he delves too much into his own personal imagery/symbolism that just doesn't resonate with anyone except him.
    He's on the path to being the next Shirow/Kojima. ^_~
    I disagree with this statement, Rym. While you are right on the point that his movies are as incomprehensible as Shirow's manga and Kojima's video games (some of them), they're horses of a different color.
    i.e. not the anthropomorphic horse porn colour?
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  • GeoGeo
    edited January 2010
    How are Lynch's movies incomprehensible? They're weird, certainly. Silly, bizarre, surreal, but I fully comprehend the Lynch movies I have seen. They all have themes and ideas that they express very well, and those ideas are in fact amplified by the weirdness.
    While the themes he uses are somewhat clear in his films, I have always felt that he is on a different plane than any other filmmaker and there is something deeper than what is on the surface.
    EDIT: If you do understand, would you care to share your interpretations with me as I'd like to hear them?
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  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    EDIT: If you do understand, would you care to share your interpretations with me as I'd like to hear them?
    Well, for one thing, Eraserhead is very much about urban decay and parental anxiety.
  • SailSail
    You could probably just read the Wikipedia on it.
  • whateverwhatever
    Yeah, the wikipedia Themes and Interpretation sections pretty much cover it. What I dig about Lynch is his juxtaposition of very idealized American archetypes with terrifying and surreal imagery. David Foster Wallace wrote a really neat essay which address that subject, David Lynch Keeps His Head.
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