a different kind of lynch.
We have really blasted through David Lynch's (stopped the urge to add a full stop there) filmography in the last year. We have watched (and re-watched in some cases), in the last several months, least recent to most:
- Blue Velvet
- All of Twin Peaks
- Eraserhead
- Fire Walk With Me
- Inland Empire
Probably nobody out there actually loves Dune the way I do, not enough to watch it again with me, but I'd probably want to revisit that on my own. Haven't rewatched Mulholland Drive in a bit, but it's due soon.
Blue Velvet was almost like a precursor to Twin Peaks, in the sense that Jeffrey Beaumont was like a wimpier, less rad version of Agent Cooper (whom we all lovelovelove!). Twin Peaks was most excellent, until episodes 17-penultimate, which dragged in the most horrible way. Who actually thought that James could carry the show by himself? God, it was awful. But then the final episode knocked it out of the ballpark, along with Fire Walk With Me.
2 nights ago, we watched Inland Empire. Now, I thought I had Lynch's highly opaque style down. I even liked the Rabbits shorts, as there was some kind of method to the madness. But Inland Empire. I am stumped. It is no clearer to me today than it was 2 days ago. On the surface, it was vaguely thematically similar to Mulholland Drive, but a) I could never tell who was supposed to be what character. b) I could never tell WHY anything was happening. c) This is admittedly my fault, but I cannot tell actors apart, which makes it THIS MUCH MORE confusing in a movie where each actor is playing identities-within-identities, etc. d) Nobody's motivations were clear. e) So many non-sequiturs. f) Also my fault, but I was really sleepy and kept zoning out at important(?) points.
g) This deserves its own paragraph. THE NIGHTMARE FACE HAS TERRORISED ME BEYOND BELIEF. How is it that David Lynch. always manages to scare the bejeesus out of me with the world's most primitive special effects? Agggghhh, I can't sleep thinking about THAT FACE. This is really getting down to the heart of why I am making this post. I mostly just want to let everyone know how TERRIFYING IT IS (don't click if you value your sanity).
Anyway, summer holidays are finally coming up. I will be back in Canada, YAY! Hopefully, before I go, we can fit in The Elephant Man. lovefilm.com keeps not sending that one.
Okay, I'll let you all get back to your more important affairs. Or, if you clicked that link, for you to cry into your pillows and whimper for your mummies.
- Blue Velvet
- All of Twin Peaks
- Eraserhead
- Fire Walk With Me
- Inland Empire
Probably nobody out there actually loves Dune the way I do, not enough to watch it again with me, but I'd probably want to revisit that on my own. Haven't rewatched Mulholland Drive in a bit, but it's due soon.
Blue Velvet was almost like a precursor to Twin Peaks, in the sense that Jeffrey Beaumont was like a wimpier, less rad version of Agent Cooper (whom we all lovelovelove!). Twin Peaks was most excellent, until episodes 17-penultimate, which dragged in the most horrible way. Who actually thought that James could carry the show by himself? God, it was awful. But then the final episode knocked it out of the ballpark, along with Fire Walk With Me.
2 nights ago, we watched Inland Empire. Now, I thought I had Lynch's highly opaque style down. I even liked the Rabbits shorts, as there was some kind of method to the madness. But Inland Empire. I am stumped. It is no clearer to me today than it was 2 days ago. On the surface, it was vaguely thematically similar to Mulholland Drive, but a) I could never tell who was supposed to be what character. b) I could never tell WHY anything was happening. c) This is admittedly my fault, but I cannot tell actors apart, which makes it THIS MUCH MORE confusing in a movie where each actor is playing identities-within-identities, etc. d) Nobody's motivations were clear. e) So many non-sequiturs. f) Also my fault, but I was really sleepy and kept zoning out at important(?) points.
g) This deserves its own paragraph. THE NIGHTMARE FACE HAS TERRORISED ME BEYOND BELIEF. How is it that David Lynch. always manages to scare the bejeesus out of me with the world's most primitive special effects? Agggghhh, I can't sleep thinking about THAT FACE. This is really getting down to the heart of why I am making this post. I mostly just want to let everyone know how TERRIFYING IT IS (don't click if you value your sanity).
Anyway, summer holidays are finally coming up. I will be back in Canada, YAY! Hopefully, before I go, we can fit in The Elephant Man. lovefilm.com keeps not sending that one.
Okay, I'll let you all get back to your more important affairs. Or, if you clicked that link, for you to cry into your pillows and whimper for your mummies.