long afloat on shipless oceans
i recently watched "the lost highway" by david lynch only to be dazzled and confused like i am with most david lynch films. the characters are rich and bizarre, which only serves to intrigue me more. but trying to describe or explain a lynch movie is an impossible task (at least for me).
i read that the movie dealt with a fugue state (previously called psychogenic fugue), but lynch takes it to a more supernatural level with metamorphosis and time shifts. now granted any time shifting/time traveling throws me for a loop, but i cannot begin to understand the time line of this movie. i have concluded that david lynch said, "to heck with time and the passage of it, this will jump all around but be connected all the same."
much like "mulholland dr." i thought i had an understanding of what was happening, and was anticipating that it would all make sense in the end, but once again david fooled me into thinking there would be a point. (i'm sure there is one buried somewhere beyond my grasp of reasoning.) but his quirkiness, visually stunning photography, and strange characters draw me in just the same (a bit like kubrick, but he made a bit more sense to me at least).
what really fascinated me was the love scene in the desert set to this mortal coil's "song to the siren." it was so ethereal and lovely. again the cinematography and imagery was spot-on and a marvel.
a little research on the song made in 1983 told me it was actually a cover of a tim buckley song with the same name. research also revealed that tim buckley was the father of the late jeff buckley. it was amazing how their resemblance went beyond just physical appearance but their voices, as well.
why does the sad bard sing?
the beautiful "song to the siren" reminded me of another song about sirens, feist's "la sirena." another lovely, unearthly song about being led to death by a beautiful woman. the concept delights and fascinates me. i guess i enjoy the mythology and the reality of the concept: women leading men to ruin. i also have a strong allure for the sea. much like the siren it is a mystery as well, calling men to their deaths. i wish i knew more nautical terms and could go sailing on the dangerous oceans.
"yeah you are the end of me"