David Lynch is back and badder than ever! Well, not “badder” actually. Not sure what I mean by that. by COOP
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Finally we get to see what David Lynch has been up to since the bafflingly boring “Inland Empire.” Despite the failure of “Empire” (I’m gonna play naïve and blame it all on his going ape with a digital camera that he wasn’t used to working with), most of his films are considered existential masterpieces.
To me, they are horror films of the highest caliber, surpassed (or matched) only by Cronenberg.
My personal faves include “Mulholland Dr.” and “Lost Highway” as vivid, living nightmares and examples of cinematic and storytelling perfection. I love the fairytale-gone-dark themes of “Blue Velvet” and “Wild at Heart” and I even count his “Dune” as a misunderstood, yet visionary work of genius. His “Twin Peaks” is hands down the greatest tv series ever produced. “The Elephant Man,” “Eraserhead”… I could go on.
What’s he doing next? This…
Neat. I’m assuming that “Interview Project” with 120 episodes will either be one of his serialized web series or better yet, a running series on IFC or Sundance Channel. I’m guess this will stray from his existential work to bring real human drama to light with his masterful hands. I’m not upset that he’s switching gears again (like he did for “The Straight Story”). I’ll watch anything this guy does. His daily weirdo reading of the weather on Indie 101 in Los Angeles was the highlight of my morning when that station existed. If he can make the weather interesting, imagine what he can do with a simple interview.
It happens in June. However it’s released, I’ll be watching.
Here are a couple of my favorite scenes from David Lynch movies…
If Robert Blake didn’t creep you out enough after killing his wife, take a look at him before he did the deed in this scene from “Lost Highway”…
Here’s one of Lynch’s scariest scenes from “Mulholland Dr.”…
We all know that the evil spirit Bob killed Laura Palmer on “Twin Peaks” but in the “Twin Peaks” prequel film “Fire Walk With Me” Laura sees her killer for the first time in one of the scariest scenes in film history… then she learns who Bob is possessing!…
-C
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“Elephant Man” is my favorite of the Lynch mob with “Lost Highway” a close second. Yet “Dune” always leaves me wth the impression that Lynch didn’t fully understand the source material — like Speilberg with “A.I.” , but felt compelled to put a personal stamp on the project regardless of it’s effect on the outcome. But hey, it’s David Lynch for Pete’s sake. If the guy did a remake of “Strange Brew”, I’d line up for it on opening day. “I plan on writing an epic poem about this gorgeous pie, Hoser”.
Agreed! I would like to hear him talk about the “weirding modules” he apparently invented for the film. I know he butchered the source material but I liked that addition at least. Honestly, I didn’t care much for the Sci-fi Channel’s original “Dune Miniseries” but I REALLY liked their “Dune Messiah/Children of Dune” miniseries. Now I’m hearing that Peter Berg is going to take a stab at a Dune adaptation. That one has me worried.
Didn’t know anything about this! After the dreadfully disappointing lack-of-production that was ‘Inland Empire’, being the last of a long list of great directors gone awry, I’ve retreated to all-things-TRANSFORMERS, J.J. Abrams’ multiple creations, a plethora of Asian ghost tales, History Channel, re-watching Carnivàle and of course all of Lynch’s prior endeavors of brilliance, so…thanks for the info, Coop! I’ll keep an eye out.