RIP David Lynch
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Topic: RIP David Lynch
Posted By: Captain Midnight
Subject: RIP David Lynch
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 00:46
| Yesterday marks the unfortunate passing of legendary film director/artist David Lynch, any fans here? |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 00:59
| Horrible news, and huge fan. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 04:41
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"In Heaven, everything is fine In Heaven, everything is fine In Heaven, everything is fine You've got your good things And I've got mine In Heaven, everything is fine" |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 04:55
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never a fan tbh, but I realise he was an important film maker... may he RIP ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 06:37
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One of my favourite directors of all time - maker of such classics as 'Something Wild', 'Blue Velvet', 'Mulholland Drive', 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me' and 'Wild at Heart' amongst others. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 08:11
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I'm trying to find one film that I actually liked from him (not that I've seen them all), and I'm coming up empty. I followed everything from him (somehow involuntarly) until Wild At Heart, which was the drop that overflood the bucket. RIP anyways.
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 09:10
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RIP ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 09:17
| Big Fan. Sad news. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 11:05
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This actually hit me like a ton of bricks when I read this yesterday. I had not been following the news. It really was not until after Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) came out that I would say I took a very big interest in Lynch (even if his much criticided, including by him, Dune was a favourite of mine). Because of that I decided to finally watch the original run, Fire Walk With Me, and The Return (I think the Return is an amazing continuation to a show that came out decades before). Twin Peaks became super special to me. Just saw this video someone put together as a The Return trailer (fan-made trailer thing): When I was in a playwriting class back in 2000, the students and instructor were together for a smoke break (great bunch of people, favourite class I ever had by far, all felt like friends) the conversation turned to Fire Walk With Me. All seemed to know it but me. Well now I do and know what I was missing out. Some of the following I had seen before, but I watched with more appreciation than ever after getting into Twin Peaks. After Twin Peaks I watched Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Wild at Heart, and for some reason his Dune adaptation (which he didn't like and disliked the studio interference) I have loved since it came out. I have no idea how many times I have played that. But it's something I have on my PVR, and I had it on my last PVR.. It is my ultimate comfort food film . Nary a day goes by that I do not think, "And how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!" It makes me smile. My avatar if it's not clear is a reference to Twin Peaks -- someone made it on the internet and I took (I should have asked). Note cherry pie, black coffee, the red curtains, the peaks topping the pie. It hit me harder because I have listened to David Lynch talking a lot over the past seven or so years because of my infatuation with his works. He was an unusual guy with unusual thoughts (even wacky one might say), is inspired by his dreams, and endearing even if he had some morbid fascinations. I really like the short film What Did Jack Do? by Lynch. It's on Netflix. Here is an excerpt. And he directed various music videos, including for Moby, Nine Inch Nails, Donovan, Rammstein. |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 14:09
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Ah, sad news indeed. He's probably my favourite director too. I often think of his movies, they've had that much impact on me. Rabbits is one of the oddest, scariest, weird, mind-bending piece of film/tv I've ever seen. Certainly a genius and will be greatly missed. RIP.
------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Faul_McCartney
Date Posted: January 17 2025 at 18:40
| Rip David Lynch. He was my favorite director. Always wish he would have collaborated with Robert Fripp. I don't think a celebrity death has affected me like this since Bowie. |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: January 18 2025 at 09:17
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Strange, very strange - I just watched Mulholland Dr. again last weekend and got sucked into that hazy weirdness all over again. Had planned to watch a few more Lynch films during the cold spell this weekend - then this. Totally Lynchian - a guy casually thinks/does something/anything, nothing complex, just a simple passing thought/action, which causes a series of events that leads to tragedy, but that tragedy spawns an equal reaction - a comedy. Lynch movies were fun, creepy, scary, funny, thought-provoking, weirdly attractive or attractively weird. RIP Mr. Lynch - you defined a style of filmmaking that so many have dug - not going to watch Lynch this weekend. Then again, what if that is the action that spurs the reaction that.....or what if it's the thought of the action that may spur the...... ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: January 18 2025 at 09:50
From The Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet guy.https://www.facebook.com/kylemaclachlanofficial?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVEjrfl3ySVLCFHg4XPS5i42kFbaDd31Gg_DZwdzMaIajBZHTUiPb1W9QTAezgpjRnoHFmHgQMpgEimLDtv9BL6BwUgyM7zcR93MZkggYqJDLopJQI6s8cQfFERH6y2zhTyj-wkBSo6L2GDCyjZBuBJeG9IaFhUnGOEjyPbHDQbHqtjoU_bTJ2kIiO41DO2YMtN8XOn8XFy85IS_2j3UW-iKZinhOF11h_NQ2Unu9SoGQ&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/kylemaclachlanofficial/posts/pfbid0z9ofwZ5GPdRiqRUXbyV7yGH26LseEFwQrmwxHweaGxtQL6thwboYvUqqLv1hhXicl?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZVEjrfl3ySVLCFHg4XPS5i42kFbaDd31Gg_DZwdzMaIajBZHTUiPb1W9QTAezgpjRnoHFmHgQMpgEimLDtv9BL6BwUgyM7zcR93MZkggYqJDLopJQI6s8cQfFERH6y2zhTyj-wkBSo6L2GDCyjZBuBJeG9IaFhUnGOEjyPbHDQbHqtjoU_bTJ2kIiO41DO2YMtN8XOn8XFy85IS_2j3UW-iKZinhOF11h_NQ2Unu9SoGQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R" rel="nofollow - · What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/maxwells-submarine |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 18 2025 at 13:37
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I think the trick with Lynchian films is not to try too much to work out what's going on. I prefer just to enjoy them as pieces of art. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 18 2025 at 20:48
Big time!! Everything he did was genius! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Captain Midnight wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 25 2025 at 20:55
| Very sad news indeed. For some reason I only became aware of this yesterday and completely missed this thread somehow. I remember Mulholland Drive hit me like a ton of bricks when I first saw it. The 'reveal' is truly shocking. Eraserhead is also an interesting film but you need a strong stomach for that! Perhaps less successful for me was Lost Highway. I used to have a heated discussion with a friend over that one back in the day. He loved it but I truly could not wrap my head round it at all. One of the most interesting film makers the world has seen. Belated RIP. |
Posted By: Bullenwächter
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 13:14
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I love his Dune adaptation, even though it deviated far from the book and suffered massive financial and artistic restrictions from the producers, which made David wish he had never made it. ------------- ------- Dotz Ẁurdah Hamtaahk ------- |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 09 2025 at 13:24
Glad to see that I am not alone in this.  I do wish that he had re-cut it down the road but I understood why he wanted to distance himself from everything to do with it. I much prefer 1984's Dune to the recent films.Here is a alternative version that was put up by someone on youtube. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 18 2025 at 22:43
| ^ blocked with the message ''This video contains content from LDS, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds''. |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 19:50
| 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. |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: February 23 2025 at 21:24
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. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/maxwells-submarine |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:25
Not sure what he was thinking with that Dune. He was clearly out of his depth there, trying too hard to create an outlandish future.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:33
| ^ 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. |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:39
I mean, it's alright. Many of its visuals are incredible, and it gets seriously invested in its science fiction take on fantasy. That's an absolute necessity to say the least. But the constant whispering, casting choices, drawn out sequences and character designs can get in the way pretty easily. 6.5. Thank God Villeneuve exists. There's another genius about on par with Lynch. Once they get invested in their own styles, they can do anything.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:40
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'the lovely Fade...' ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:43
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I have seen complaints about the homo-eroticism involving the Baron and Fade. To me that dynamic with the Baron's ugliness and Sting's superficial, sleight loveliness works so well. Fade: "I will kill him!" A friend of mine used to often say "I want you to squeeze and squeeze and squeeze!" |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:49
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Oh it works very well, it's just funny to see a macho veteran actor like Ken McMillan say it. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 18:51
And his glorious speedo. "I WILL KILL HIM! If he doesn't put on some more clothes."
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Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 20:14
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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. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/maxwells-submarine |
Posted By: Rexorcist
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 20:41
His style is much more fit for surrealism than space operas. Now we can expect Villeneuve to be faithful based on the heart and soul of Blade Runner 2 alone, even though I consider it a worse film than the original for one reason: as good as the soundtrack is, Vangelis' soundtrack is IMO the greatest soundtrack I've ever heard. It's been a top ten album for years. So when I heard he was in charge of Dune, in my mind I knew he was the perfect choice. I may have to read Rendezvous with Rama soon in the event his film is made.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 20:53
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I didn't love BR 2049, but I'd like to see it again and get a second impression. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: February 28 2025 at 22:40
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Zimmer and Vangelis both great. I like BR2049 a lot. Stellar acting IMO and worthy follow up to BR1, Hard to believe Ryan Gosling later played Ken in Barbie. Villanueva has done great films. Both Blade Runners are bona fide classics. I forget the actress name of the virtual woman but she was fantastic. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/maxwells-submarine |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 03:05
| 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. |