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In Reply to: David Lynch posted by Bolt_Snypr on February 19, 2004 at 09:35:22:
Elephant Man...It's been all down hill since then.
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All "downhill" movement? More of a lateral movement, I think, and one that is the logical (excuse the pun) extension of Lynch's style in 'Elephant Man'. That film was partly about the power of dreams (or more accurately, nightmares). In that film, Lynch seized upon a strange opportunity. The implication was made in the film that the Elephant Man's (then pregnant) mother was so thoroughly frightened "to the core" by being knocked over by an elephant that she somehow transmited the horror of the experience onto the growth pattern of the fetus (perhaps borrowed from the theme we saw in 'Dune', where men's power to manipulate physical phenomena with the mind had grown to epic proportions). This theoretical "power of the mind" has almost always been the subject of Lynch's films, in one way or another. Most of his films mix wakefulness and dreaming on the part of the characters to some degree, while 'Elephant Man' questioned the power of dreams and the absurdity of (supposed) reality. It's all good stuff! So, remember this when watching a Lynch film: "Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream... Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily - life is but a dream."
My opinion is that Lynch does nothing for "it's own sake", but he is definitely an elfish sort who presumes to rely on that something in human nature that many surrealist artists presume to rely on. The problem is that Lynch is trying NOT to awaken you too much, yet the scenery is so bizarre that... oh well. I can almost guarantee you that if you go back to any Lynch film a second time and approach it as if you were dreaming, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND... something illogical yet not without a moral basis. Logic does not rule absolutely in a dream, as you remember... The problem with Lynch's style is that there is some difficulty in getting the viewer to assume "the driver's seat" in the dream ('Lost Highway') from the outset, but if you do, then you will "understand" Lynch. It's a cocky attiude on Lynch's part in that he wants to take total control of our party, but in his defense, what party have you ever thrown that you were in total control of? Go back and look again at Lynch, but this time... STAY A LITTLE BIT ASLEEP, and view the film through slitted eyes.
...I went all the way.clark
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Dr.
The Straight Story was a minor masterpice.
Twin Peaks is a cult in it's own right.You cannot just throw all of these away.
You must not have seen or have forgotten about "The Straight Story", a Disney film directed by Lynch. It is a wonderful chronicle of an old man, Alvin Straight, who is estranged from his brother who lives several hundred miles away. Straight sets our to see him and reconcile, riding a power lawnmower the whole way. Sissy Spaceck
plays his "slow" daughter. This is a PG rated film suitable for the whole family and is Richard Farnsworth's last film role.In typically quirky Lynch fashion, he forbade chapter stops on the DVD release.
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I agree, "The Straight Story" was a beautiful movie and made me go out and buy the soundtrack, which is totaly awesome.
Harry Dean Stantons last film too I believe (wasn't he a great actor!)
and Sissy Spacek proving once again that she can handle any role and shine
I really hope David Lynch has a few more films like this up his sleeve!
Graham
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