also not aware of any "talking with authority" I may have done on this thread (outside of expressing my own personal preferences, I didn't offer much) but whatevs
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
blame Reagan.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah that's what i meant, personal preferences ;)
― cutty, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Understand why Mulholland Drive & Blue Velvet won, surprised by the margin. Voted for Eraserhead, tempted to go with Inland Empire.
― Bob Standard, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I knew it would be either MD or BV, and I'm totally happy it was the former.
― Eric H., Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Shasta's prediction was true. Psychic!
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
So glad I got in a vote for Eraserhead at the last minute, the relative lack of votes for it is an outrage.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
wonder who FWWM fan is, i applaud you
― cutty, Friday, 24 August 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I hovered over FWWM briefly when I couldn't decide between MD and IE.
― Eric H., Friday, 24 August 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't seen Inland Empire. I just put it on my queue. Mulholland Drive is my touchstone.
― Beth Parker, Friday, 24 August 2007 00:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pbkhNabG3po
― ghost rider, Friday, 24 August 2007 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
not enough hallways u_u
― ghost rider, Friday, 24 August 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
hahah
― sleep, Friday, 24 August 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't see this but i vote eraserhead over blue velvet, just i need to see inland empire again to rate it properly
― sleep, Friday, 24 August 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
had i voted it prob. would've gone to IE
― impudent harlot, Friday, 24 August 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
can someone explain to me exactly what they get out of mullholland dr? i mean, i want to like it or at least get *something* out of it since lots of smart people seem to think highly of it, but i thought it was maddeningly pointless.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
mullholland drive had amazing naomi watts lesbian scene performance. the part where she's auditioning is pretty great. where has naomi watts acted better?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost: And you liked Lynch's other work? Personally, I love MD most for its impressionistic dream logic. It isn't totally surrealistic, but it is off just enough that the tension lurking underneath is really jarring when it surfaces. There's plenty to love about the film, though, IMO, but if you plain don't like Lynch's style, then I can see why you'd want to shop elsewhere.
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
J.D. - also thought it was maddeningly pointless.
(and yeah, I plain don't like Lynch's style fwiw)
― iatee, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:27 (fifteen years ago) link
No, that would be Inland Empire.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:27 (fifteen years ago) link
(Terry Gross Voice) That was really great.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:36 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that scene is sort of the thesis statement. it's a movie about movies. there's other stuff jumbled up in there too, but if you're looking for a "point," it's about how art works (and movie art in particular). "don't play it for real until it becomes real." "no hay banda." the singer lip-synching a song about crying, with a tear painted on her face, but rendering the song in a way that inspires actual tears in the audience. the necessity of artifice in breaking through to something actual.
like in this scene, just try to keep track of the layers and reversals of meaning, how much it does with so few moves in just a minute and a half.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 April 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i haven't seen every lynch film, but i loved blue velvet enough that i don't think i'm adverse to what lynch does. like, i like that the weird and semi-inexplicable elements in BV are balanced by the relatively straightforward plot, and i find the story and characters in that film a lot more compelling than the ones in MD. i guess the "crying" sequence in MD is as weird and creepy as the "in dreams" sequence in BV, but i don't find it as memorable because i don't feel any connection to the characters or care about the story. and so much of MD just seems so arbitrary and tacked-on — the whole subplot with the director, especially — whereas everything in BV feels necessary and vital and scary. i'm down with 'impressionistic dream logic' but i guess i just didn't get enough pleasure out of the surface of MD to care. i mean watts is ok i guess but does anyone think that she's as powerful and memorable in mullholland dr as isabella rossellini or dennis hopper was in blue velvet?
that said, i'm glad people are responding to this and i'll probably give MD a second chance eventually.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 13 April 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Did Lynch get into that Transcendental Meditation stuff before or after Blue Velvet?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 13 April 2009 05:22 (fifteen years ago) link
not enough love for The Straight Story in this poll. would've voted for Blue Velvet myself though.Dune and Twin Peaks are amongst the worst film ever though.
i thought Mulholland Dr was pretty cool, i always like art phenomenons that have websites with a zillion theories devoted about it.
― Ludo, Monday, 13 April 2009 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Dune was a movie that I really disliked when I watched it, but found myself quoting and remembering fondly afterward.
― invitation to rabies (╓abies), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
THE WORM IS THE SPICE
Have seen two or three references to TM with Lynch's name attached in the paper lately. V odd.
― thomp, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
is donovan the next-most-famous TM practitioner?
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wait, macca's a fan too:
http://adventuresintranscendentalmeditation.blogspot.com/2009/01/paul-mccartneys-concert-for.html
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
George Harrison was the true believer. There's also Mike Love, Al Jardine...
― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
odd why/how? he wrote a book on the subject.
― cutty, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Just recently watched the first episode of "On the Air" and it is AMAZING...
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
not enough love for The Straight Story in this poll
Seriously. I just teared up watching the scene between Farnsworth and the old guy sharing WWII horror stories.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't watched. must rectify.
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
No problem ranking it third in my list.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Great, great film. Right there with Blue Velvet for me (and arguably a better film, albeit not nearly as historically significant).
― clemenza, Monday, 13 June 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Sissy Spacek's small work doesn't get enough notice either.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
I really should watch The Straight Story. I'm generally only really taken by Lynch's early period (Eraserhead and his short films) and late period (MD & IE). Oh, and everything Twin Peaks. That stuff in the middle doesn't really speak to me as much. I'd avoided watching The Elephant Man until I bought the Lime Green set, which was stupid, because it's really a very lovely and affecting film. Utterly unlike most of his other work, but it definitely suggests that he also has potential as a director of straight (har har) films.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 13 June 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
No problem ranking it third in my list
me too, after MD and Eraserhead. Really unlike any other 'G' rated film I've ever seen.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Monday, 13 June 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
silencio
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/david-lynch-opening-paris-nightclub_1225481
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
My teenage son is getting very into Lynch. Mostly Twin Peaks, but we watched Eraserhead together over the weekend; his first time, my dozenth or so. Hadn't seen it in many years, but it still resonates with me. Hypnotic, disturbing, yet often extremely funny. Not only my favorite Lynch film, one of my favorite films ever.
― Duke Manfist: Action Hero (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
word, Eraserhead is the shit
― some dude, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
I had the chance to watch a restored print in March as part of the Miami Film Festival, and the audience was scared and amused at all the wrong moments. I still find it about ten minutes too long.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
all the RIGHT moments, I should say.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
what, if anything, would you say "Eraserhead" is about?
― anarcho-misogynist puppies (DJP), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
An ugly man looking for love in a black and white world.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
sounds about right
― lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
nightmares
― the manarchist cookbook (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 June 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
reconciling an overwhelming preoccupation with sexual desire and the responsibilities of fatherhood
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link