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thanks

 

women in some sort of trouble/women as victims/women harmed by men

 

people who harm women/men who save the women

 

unstable characters who do weird things/weird people who speak truths

 

small town values against a big city atmosphere

 

people/atmosphere that reflects the 50's, even though it is set in the modern day

 

weird sounds/jazz type music from the 50's/60's

 

acts of cruel/humiliating violence

 

etc.

 

Also - I began watching DL films in 1986 - and Blue Velvet may be my favorite movie - so these are just my views.

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Artists often rely on recurring themes because they feel compelled to explore ideas to satisfaction--that's what makes them artists.

 

But I know what A-Man means... I don't think he meant it as a criticism so much as an observation that Lynch has a distinct voice as an artist.

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But I know what A-Man means... I don't think he meant it as a criticism so much as an observation that Lynch has a distinct voice as an artist.

 

 

how is saying

if you have seen one David Lynch film - I sometimes think you have seen them all.
not total criticism?
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great film, one that I can watch over and over

me too, definitely. its slow but in a very good way.

 

elephant man was actually the first movie i ever saw (I was probably not even one yet). you'd think that it would have subconciously scarred me as a child but, as far as i know, it has had no far reaching effects.

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Same here, the effect Elephant Man had on me being a child and seeing that, man well that and the exorcist, yeah anyway. Still haunted by the slow motion elephant (the brief image and the sound, distorted and so on). But at the same time I credit some of those moments as helping define my curiosity, imagination and my urge to make movies, and/or just create.

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Yea, I know, but I hope there are days he wishes he hadn't.

 

LouieB

 

he doesn't have a problem with the original theatrical release, but he did have his name removed from the credits of the extended tv version. that version credits Alan Smithee as the director. Alan Smithee does not exist.

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