David Lynch

Slartibartfast wrote: el böthy wrote: One of my favorite directors... probably second only to Kubrick. Although I still have to see some of his movies, my vote, this far, goes to Mulholland drive, one of my absolute favorite movies ever Which ones haven't you seen?  I'm a Mullholand fan, too.  I'll make recommendations if you're interested.

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I will eventually see them all, but I havent yet seen Dune (very hard to get here), the Twin Peaks movie and Straight story

hahhaha.. was just talking about Wild At Heart at work with a coworker...  loved that movie hahhhaha

No vote for Inland empire... is it cause many havent seen it, or cause you didnt like it as much?

el böthy wrote: No vote for Inland empire... is it cause many havent seen it, or cause you didnt like it as much?

Good movie, I even thought like "his best!" first few weeks after seeing it. Don't think so now, but it's still good

Vompatti wrote: el böthy wrote: No vote for Inland empire... is it cause many havent seen it, or cause you didnt like it as much? I think I'll have to watch it several times before I can say anything about it. I saw it last summer and all I can remember about it is that the rabbit scenes were hilarious.

Yeah, definitly my case also, need to see it at least.... 39 times more before I make an opinion on it

Hmm... very tough one as he is also one of my favorite directors. A complete genius in many ways really, and never ceases to amaze me with each new movie.

Eraserhead - incredibly dark and strange. A little too much of the same though, not enough material for a movie in my opinion (the script was ridiculously short)

The Elephant Man - One of my all time favorites, incredibly moving story accompanied by great direction. Not as technically genius as some of his others though.

Dune - One his absolute worst. Motion picture trash in every sense of the word. Lynch was barely given any control over this one anyway and was extremely disappointed in the finished product.

Blue Velvet - Overall a great movie, one of his more accessible ones. Not to mention fantastic acting (Dennis Hopper is relentless ).

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Trash. Series was pretty good, got stupid towards the end, why he made a movie? I have no idea.

Lost Highway - First half better than second. Good movie, but loses its way a little as it goes on.

Mulholland Dr. - Pretty much an absolute masterpiece of progressive film-making Everything Lynch does best all together, plus great production value, great acting, great musical score, overall one of my favorites ever.

Inland Empire - Probably the most utterly confusing movie Lynch has ever made. Not bad, but very hard to watch and understand, even for a Lynch fan

My vote goes to Mulholland Dr. followed by the Elephant Man.

Vompatti wrote: Fight Club wrote: Eraserhead - incredibly dark and strange. A little too much of the same though, not enough material for a movie in my opinion (the script was ridiculously short) So what would you cut?

It's not that I would cut it, it's just I think there wasn't enough inspiration to make an entire movie. Parts where he's just sitting in the room seem to last forever. I'm not saying it's bad though, but his other materials just have sooo much. So many ideas, it's unbelievable. Eraserhead felt like his prototype film for me, just a taste of the greatness to come.

Slartibartfast wrote: Vompatti wrote: Fight Club wrote: Eraserhead - incredibly dark and strange. A little too much of the same though, not enough material for a movie in my opinion (the script was ridiculously short) So what would you cut? The middle part. After the opening credits and before the ending ones. Man, haven't seen that one in ages. Can't believe Fight Club knocked two of my favorites.

Hey I don't mean to knock Eraserhead, it's by no means bad! Quite the contrary actually, I just think it doesn't compare to his later work.

Which other of your favorites did I knock

Slartibartfast wrote: I liked Dune and Fire.  I just noticed you missed a good one: Wild At Heart.  Dwer dwer dwer dwer dwer dunk dunk dunk dunk dunk.

Aye, I missed Wild at Heart. Two questions: Did you read Dune and did you like the ending of the Twin Peaks series (I'm assuming you've seen it).

Vompatti wrote: Fight Club wrote: Eraserhead - incredibly dark and strange. A little too much of the same though, not enough material for a movie in my opinion (the script was ridiculously short) So what would you cut?

I think it would work better as a 45-60 min film, but... that´s just me