RIP David Lynch

Rexorcist wrote: Lynch had a bit of a say in my own writing style for my novels.  He and Tarkovsky taught me to tap into the surrealist side of things.  I haven't even begun, however, the scrape the surface of his influence on me.  If I were a musician, I would love to dedicate an album to him.

Huge influence on me as well. Especially the twin peaks, blue velvet, and Rabbit. Eraserhead not so much. Also Nicolas Roeg, Kubrick, Vonnegut.   Odd sense of styles. Priceless. The casting used in his Dune ruined it for me. I much prefer the new Dune.

Edited by Valdez - February 23 2025 at 21:30

^ I genuinely love that Dune and think it would have been much better without the studio interference. I watched it without having read the books. I prefer it to the recent films which I find quite dull. Twin Peaks (been obsessed with this) and his Mulholland Drive likely are my favourites of his oeuvre, and Dune which is such comfort food to me despite its inadequacies -- I can like bad. I can return to 1984's Dune again and again and again and would often use quotes that I became familiar with from the film. I throw around "And how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!" even at really inappropriate times. Such stuff makes me smile.

Edited by Logan - 9 hours 32 minutes ago at 18:36

'the lovely Fade...'

Oh it works very well, it's just funny to see a macho veteran actor like Ken McMillan say it.

The New Dune is much truer to the book and the film work is fascinating. I also feel the same way about the newer Blade Runner and I love the soundtracks .   Kyle Mclahan is great but he and sting didn’t fit well. As for effects, I’m of the opinion that less is more. Lynch’s dune was “campy”, but I still think he was one of the greats. Twin Peaks a masterpiece. The wife and I sat and watched Lynch’s Dune a week ago and we just had a laugh.

I didn't love BR 2049, but I'd like to see it again and get a second impression.

I was scared about the idea of a sequel to Blade Runner but as it turned out I needn't have been. Love it and regard it as better than the original for one reason - Harrison Ford. He seems to have become a decent actor in recent years. In the original film he certainly isn't bad but I feel he easily gets upstaged by Sean Young (incredible!) and the best supporting cast ever. In the sequel, even though only a cameo, he helps brings the film to a tense conclusion and the big 'reveal' is so emotional which is mostly due to Ford's excellence.