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    • Genius
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    • Other
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Several references to DL lately. :cheers

 

So many interesting scenes and characters to choose from when you look at his entire work, but I especially liked Mulholland Drive. His use of symbolism can make for an incredibly vague storyline, leaving the viewer to fill in some missing pieces. Eraserhead is downright disturbing, not to mention Blue Velvet. However, films like The Elephant Man and The Straight Story have more clarity and lack the uncomfortable smackdown he typically induces on the viewer.

 

I've seen the majority of this list and think he is a brilliant director. :worship

 

2006 INLAND EMPIRE

2002 THE SHORT FILMS

2001 MULHOLLAND DRIVE

1999 THE STRAIGHT STORY

1997 LOST HIGHWAY

1993 HOTEL ROOM - TV

1992 AMERICAN CRONICLES - TV

1992 TWIN PEAKS - FIRE WALK WITH ME

1991 INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY #1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted

- ON THE AIR - TV

1990 TWIN PEAKS - TV

1990 WILD AT HEART

1986 BLUE VELVET

1984 DUNE

1980 THE ELEPHANT MAN

1977 ERASERHEAD

1970 THE GRANDMOTHER

1968 THE ALPHABET

1967 SIX FIGURES

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I've seen a little more than half of his work for the big screen. The enjoyment of Lynch for me has always hinged on considering that he might be 'fucking with you'. That sometimes he's not being pretentious, he's being absurdist. Laughing behind the curtain so to speak. I've never been able to enjoy anything of his nearly as much as Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, but I found Mulholland Drive to be worth watching more than once. Inland Empire didn't really work out for me at all. He kind of tests how far you're willing to go.

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Most of the first season of Twin Peaks is awesome. Blue Velvet is kind of bad (but mainly because of Dennis Hopper). So is Mulholland Dr. I'm ambivalent on Lost Highway. Dune, well, it's Dune.

 

I've heard people call him one of America's greatest directors. I'm not so sure about that.

 

I voted "other."

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Oh yeah, and my member name is leaning a little harder towards Williams, than Lynch. But have your pick: hard luck country traveler, or metamorphisizing, noir, porno industry, guy on the phone is also looking at you and not talking yet you hear him talking to you on his phone what he lends you to....... you see where this goes. Take your pick.

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i think i might go for batshit crazy genius as well. nothing wrong with such a hybrid in my books.

 

does anyone have a strong opinion on his cartoon dumband? purely out of curiosity; i'm not sure how i feel about it.

Google didn't help. What is dumband?

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Interesting - that is one of my favorite films.

Mine too. I don't think I've ever seen a movie that felt like being in another world as much as Blue Velvet.

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Next time I come up, we can act out the Frank and Ben scene.

I'll have to do a trial run to make sure I won't spew when the PBR is opened!

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David Lynch is my favorite film maker. I think the thing with him is that in some cases, you just need to watch his films not "expecting" to see a movie.

 

Blue Velvet is still one of my favorites

and M Drive I think is awesome in how each scene is a complete piece of art within itself

 

Twin Peaks is still the greatest tv show ever...even when it lost its vigor.

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