David Lynch's F'ed Up Movies!

[Prognosticator]

Okay, so I pretty much pace myself when it comes to watching David Lynch's movies. For SEVERAL reasons...

* They're always SCREWY!

* You have to pay close attention

* His twisted style is rare and unique

* I always end up thinking "What the F*#& just happened?!" at the end

In my opinion you definitely CANNOT go on a David Lynch movie bender of any kind. I space my viewings out about once every year and a half or two. No, I don't watch them high, and yes, I'm aware that he likely comes up with this twisted stuff while tripping on "something"!

Last night I FINALLY got around to seeing Lost Highway. I knew it was going to be straight-up Lynchified, but this movie is OUT OF CONTROL! Who all has seen Lost Highway, and what did you make of it?

 

[Arcturus]

I've seen alot of his movies, and I am hooked, I also love Lost Highway.

 

[green]

Has anyone gotten a chance to see Inland Empire yet?
We dont get it til next month, Im really looking forward to it.
Season 2 of Twin Peaks is finally getting released on dvd this spring...yay.

Oh and Lost Highway

 

[Prognosticator]

I never understood why everyone made such a big deal out of Patricia Arquette...

But I can't even go into what I think now?!? She utterly exudes pure seductive sexuality in that movie. EVERY scene with her made me feel like a 13-year-old again!!

I mean, she went to another level in that movie! HolyS*&%!

 

[mathhater]

More Twin Peaks is coming to DVD?...seriously?...Thank goodness. I've had season one (MINUS the pilot episode ) sitting all by it's lonesome for a couple of years now...it'll be good to get the rest of it.

And I'm dying to see Inland Empire...but what kind of release will this movie get? Because I just don't see this one coming to my little city...but hopefully.

And Lost Highway was awesome. Like with all of other Lynch's movies, I had no idea what the hell was going on, and if you asked me right now what it's about, all I'll be able to do is stare at you blankly. (This applies to Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead as well...) But it was definitely fun to watch.

*waits for a dvd release of Lost Highway*

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Has anyone gotten a chance to see Inland Empire yet?
We dont get it til next month, Im really looking forward to it.
Season 2 of Twin Peaks is finally getting released on dvd this spring...yay.

Oh and Lost Highway

AHAHHAHAHA! YES! finally!!!!!

 

[green]

More Twin Peaks is coming to DVD?...seriously?...Thank goodness. I've had season one (MINUS the pilot episode ) sitting all by it's lonesome for a couple of years now...it'll be good to get the rest of it.

April 10th, though no word on the pilots relase on dvd(the best darn episode of them all )

And I'm dying to see Inland Empire...but what kind of release will this movie get? Because I just don't see this one coming to my little city...but hopefully.

limited schedule here.
http://www.inlandempirecinema.com/
Although its playing here in February at a film festival.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

oh and as Far as Lynch goes.

1.- Dune ( even though he hates it)
2.- Blue Velvet ( because it has Dennis Hopper in it, plus the blue bird of happiness cracks me up )
3.- Mullholand Drive
4.- Fire Walk With Me.
5.- Wild At Heart.

and for some reason I have avoided lost Highway and people tell me it's kind of a male version of Mullholand drive.



and I've yet to see " the straight story" but I've heard nothing but good things about it.

 

[mathhater]

April 10th, though no word on the pilots relase on dvd(the best darn episode of them all )



limited schedule here.
http://www.inlandempirecinema.com/
Although its playing here in February at a film festival.

Thanks for the info...although, it doesn't look like it's coming to Kentucky. Shame. And I was at my comic book store the other day, and over in the used DVDs they actually had a copy of the pilot of Twin Peaks. I was all giddy until I saw the big "Region 3" mark on the back. But maybe someday...

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

David Lynch is a genius.
And he doesn't do drugs.
He's heavily into meditation and likes to drift off and daydream which gives him ideas.
He used to be into TM and has meditated every single day since before he made Eraserhead.

He's also trying to raise money (and has spent millions of his own) to erect meditation palaces all over the world, thinking that if the practice would spread, we could shape a more Utopian world.


One of the coolest things about his movies is his use of Dream Logic. In an interview, he said that he always liked the sensation of mystery, like, watching an episode of Perry Mason, and not knowing who's truthful, what the real motivations are, and what exactly is going on.

But then, the feeling is ruined at the end of the show, where everything's tied up, questions resolved, motivations explained...spoon-fed to you.


So that was his approach to Lost Highway.
I can not stand it when people watch his less traditional ones like LH and complain about how they didn't understand it.

You're not even supposed to.
Why did Bill Pullman suddenly morph into Balthazar Getty?
Well, it's very entertaining to imagine possible reasons.
But the reason why is not the point.
The point is, It happened. And now the character, and we are disoriented.

So much like dreams I have.
I cone-butt David Lynch.

My freaking friend just got to watch Inland Empire WITH David Lynch. He came to the showing, but he didn't answer any questions about the movie.
He said he just hoped everyone could enjoy the show and he wanted to create a good vibe with the power of music so he had some Cellist playing whacked-out improv before the show.

My friend would not shut up about how amazing it was, how resonant it was to his life, how it approximated at times amazing/horrifying trips he's been on and supernatural experiences he's had.

And he even had to admit some misogyny in order to fully compliment Laura Dern.
He said he has never really had any respect for female artists. No great female painters, directors, writers, actors, in his opinion.
But that Laura Dern's performance was so amazing, he's never seen anyone else do any acting as amazing in the history of cinema blah blah blah blah....he went on and on.

I have yet to see it myself.

 

[green]

Thanks for the info...although, it doesn't look like it's coming to Kentucky. Shame. And I was at my comic book store the other day, and over in the used DVDs they actually had a copy of the pilot of Twin Peaks. I was all giddy until I saw the big "Region 3" mark on the back. But maybe someday...

That totally sucks.
I still have the VHS tape of it, the scene where Grace Zabriski gets the phone call about Laura is one of my favorites.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

He said he just hoped everyone could enjoy the show and he wanted to create a good vibe with the power of music so he had some Cellist playing whacked-out improv before the show.

and did Lynch say "SILENCIO!" shortly before the movie?

 

[Prognosticator]

oh and as Far as Lynch goes.

1.- Dune ( even though he hates it)
2.- Blue Velvet ( because it has Dennis Hopper in it, plus the blue bird of happiness cracks me up )
3.- Mullholand Drive
4.- Fire Walk With Me.
5.- Wild At Heart.

and for some reason I have avoided lost Highway and people tell me it's kind of a male version of Mullholand drive.



and I've yet to see " the straight story" but I've heard nothing but good things about it.

I wouldn't characterize it that way, though I can see where someone would get the comparisons.

But LH is it's own beast! It's WAY spookier than MD, but efficiently as dream-induced.

There were moments my palms were sweating like crazy! And I was RIGHT THERE with Balthazar Getty - succumbing to seduction, unable to pull away, vintage Lynch and maybe my favorite of Lynch's yet!

And what about Robert Drake in that movie!? It's even CREEPIER now that we know he's a killer in real life!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

and did Lynch say "SILENCIO!" shortly before the movie?

No. He said "DADDY WANTS TO ****! I'LL **** ANYTHING that MooOOooves!"

 

[black_dust]

You know i cant say i have ever seen one of his films....

 

[Prognosticator]

I think you have to be pretty open-minded to appreciate the bulk of them.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

You know i cant say i have ever seen one of his films....

You should, and I would watch them all in order.
First you watch Eraserhead and it's the best movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch Elephant Man and it's the best movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch Dune and it's the best movie you've ever seen.

I exaggerate of course, but it's cool to watch how his idiosynchracies evolve and which elements remain throughout.

 

[black_dust]

You should, and I would watch them all in order.
First you watch Eraserhead and it's the best movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch Elephant Man and it's the best movie you've ever seen.
Then you watch Dune and it's the best movie you've ever seen.

I exaggerate of course, but it's cool to watch how his idiosynchracies evolve and which elements remain throughout.

ok i wrote them down on my to watch list

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

But there are two kinds of people.
Those who freaking love Lynch and those who don't.
If you're one of the latter, don't be pissed that I wasted your time.

 

[Prognosticator]

^ I'd argue that there are a couple you could watch w/o liking Lynch's normal fare.

My mom LOVES The Elephant Man and she's as staunchly conservative, in terms of entertainment, as they come.

And The Straight Story is kind of a family movie too.

 

[War Party]

Mullholand Drive is such a fantastic film. I love showing it to friends and seeing their faces after it's over. It's great.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

^ I'd argue that there are a couple you could watch w/o liking Lynch's normal fare.

My mom LOVES The Elephant Man and she's as staunchly conservative, in terms of entertainment, as they come.

And The Straight Story is kind of a family movie too.

Well yeah, I don't even really include The Straight Story, 'cause ironically, that's his strangest movie, in that....he did it.

 

[Shuley]

Mullholland Drive is overrated.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

How so?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

All it took was seeing the tiny people coming out of the bag, the inTENSE badacidtrip dread as they walk up to see the Black Faced Thing and the pink paint on the jewels to make me say, "This is how movies should be made, in my world."

David Lynch can't be overrated. He's actually doing something, something interesting, something freed up. And not on a naive, film school level.
I was thinking, "Who rips off David Lynch."

And many are influenced of course, and do stylistic references, but, you can't rip him off. It's so him, only him.
It's sad that his movies come out so rarely, but when one does, you have no idea what new mania, what new, unexpected ideas, he's going to take, and then punch in to existing Lynch strata.
It's such a big, exciting event when he makes a new one.

Like, I love Spider-Man movies, and Samurai movies, and Horror movies, but you know what you're gonna get. By their nature, they have to adhere to a structure, and that's great.

But I'm grateful that someone is willing and able to loosen up that rigidity, to use it at times, to completely toss it away, to take it and reshape it, etc.
It can't hurt. It's movies. Why not? People are so stiff in what they want, expect and produce.

I really love some interesting iconoclastic s***.
Like Andy Kaufman, Salvador Dali, Jack Kirby, Jimmy Page, David Lynch...
Art is self-expression, and they're interesting people, not so worried about alienating potential audiences, but full bore/gung ho plumbing those depths of that unique.....scrumtrulescence, that they have.