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I've just watched 4 Lynch movies in a row: Mulholland Drive Lost Highway Eraserhead Blue Velvet. I liked them all, bar Blue Velvet (I think it COULD have been great, but truely piss- poor acting by the lead character and some really dodgey script put me off) My favorite was Mulholland Drive-great direction, amazing camera work, nice and fucked (but not too fucked) and once you work out the story, it's even better. If there are any Lynch fans here, what's your favorite movie by him and why? What should I check out next if I'm into this style? Cheers. |
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Count me in. I'm not going to tell you my favorite, though. Have you watched Being John Malkovich? |
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being john malkovich was a lynch movie? whoa, i never knew that |
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No I haven't. Is it weird and complicated and interesting? ;) Btw, I'm interested in any good movies, by Lynch or not. Oh come on tell me your favorite! :P |
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No! But that was the first movie with a similar style that came to mind. |
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it wasn't weird in the same way lost highway, mulholland drive, blue velvet were in my opinion (i haven't seen eraserhead). i thought it was more funny |
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oh, i see, i jump to conclusions |
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Blue Velvet was funny unintentionally. I was really dissapointed with it...it ended up being pointlessly wicked and sometimes very cringeworthy. |
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i've only seen mulholland drive. after i watched it 8 times...then cheated and read a synopsis on the web...i can say i thoroughly enjoyed it. as for being john malkovich, if you liked that you should check out those folks' newest flick Adaptation. i enjoyed it all the way up till the ending, which was a huge let down. still not a bad film though. |
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I'm a big Lynch fan. seen them all. best thing is to watch Twin Peaks next and after that Fire Walk With Me. especially Fire Walk With Me will blow your brains. |
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I heard that was shit...is it good after all then? (Fire Walk With Me) |
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I really liked it. it's the scariest Lynch I've seen. one of the weirder ones too. but you need to have watched the series first. |
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My favorite is Mulholland Dr., I think it had better dialogue and acting than the other Lynch films I've seen. Plus Rebekah Del Rio performing an acoustic, spanish version of Orbison's "Crying" was just the icing on the cake. One Lynch scene that always cracks me up is when Mr. Eddie kicks that tailgater's ass in Lost Highway. |
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eraserhead is probably my favorite |
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haha, yeah, "this is where 1400 horsepower and mechanical excellence comes into play" |
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mullholland drive and lost highway are the only lynch films i've seen, and i love them; watched both countless times. |
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blue velvet is great, kyle mclachlan rocks (gotta love that chicken walk). but heineken -- fuck that shit...all about pabst blue ribbon. though my favorite lynch movie is hands down fire walk with me. you really can't beat that. |
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didn't he do wild at heart? |
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unfortunately! only lynch film i couldnt even make it through......i'm sorry but nicholas cage isn't worth a single fuck. |
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The Twin Peaks pilot is the greatest ever, followed by Fire Walk With Me. Followed by MD. Followed by WAH. Lynch is God. And interesting enough, I've noticed a whole lot of "IDM" listeners are way into his movies. |
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CS2x: go rent Eraserhead. It'll blow your mind... like a direct view into the Lynch world. Nothing like it. Hard to watch, but you'll never forget it. BTW... Stanley Kubrick called Eraserhead one of the greatest films ever made... that's a hell of an endorsement. |
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Oh duh... I just saw that you already watched EH. The next thing you need to get into is Twin Peaks, without a doubt. Its a commitment, but youll be hooked. mimi: Wild At Heart you couldnt even make it through?? That's a great flick! Hysterical stuff... punk rock Lynch. Some of the best one-liners ever. |
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BTW, it's a shame you didn't get into Blue Velvet. But the things you pointed out you didn't like about it were done on purpose. The ridiculous naivety of certain characters is essential to the story. "Why are there people like Frank?!" |
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As you can see, when Lynch is brought up, I can't shut up :P |
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"Hard to watch, but you'll never forget it." Hit the nail on the head you did. |
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i think you missed the point with kyle mclachlan in blue velvet. his acting is intentionaly "hammy" during the first part of the film, to emphasize his naivety. as he is sucked in to the world of the criminals his acting changes and becomes far more realistic. its similar to the girl in mullholland drive (the one who wants to be an actress, i forget her name), when she arrives in hollywood for the first time. but again her acting style changes gradualy as she becomes involved in the darker side of hollywood. i'd say mullholland drive and lost highway are my 2 favourites. i realy like the straight story aswell, very different style to his other work, not a backwards talking dwarf in sight! |
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and what about "Dune"? ;o) he was asked to work with Lucas on "Return of the Jedi"- that would have been funny... and the man behind "adaptation" and "being as..." is Spike Jonze. if you like David you should check von Trier's "riget" series. |
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i thought mulholland drive was like lost highway again. lost highway soundtrack one of the best ever soundtracks btw saw the elephant man just recently, really liked that. eraserhead makes me kind of sick |
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dune could be one of the better movies made after a book because it's just really different from how i imagined the dune world when reading it: it's extra |
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what is the "riget" series? i realy like breaking the waves and dancer in the dark by von trier, great films, if a little depressing. didnt go much on the idiots though. id like to see some other dogme 95 films. |
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"mulholland" is an easier-to-get-into "lost hoghway" version IMHO the main problem is different of course but the form of these two is pretty similar (two stories- real and "dreams-imagination") |
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mulholland drive did have nice characters: i liked that film director, i think he was inspired by tarantino |
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"riget"- i dont know how it was translated- in Poland it was named "kingdom". a bit scarry, satanic film about a hospital, ghosts and mad people. very good- something like "twin peaks"+hospital-based soap opera. |
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Cowboy from "mulholland..."- fokin terrifying person. but Mystery Man from "Lost..." is THE MAN. |
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blue velvet is one of my favorites. the acting is mello dramatic on purpose. they are supposed to be stupid highschool teenagers with delusions of grandure. Dennis Hopper is fucking great in it. Lara dern's crying scene is a little much though. |
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ahh yeah, it was on Film Four when i had cable at uni, stoopid me didnt watch it though, damn. |
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fire walk with me is really good too. but you might not trust me if you didn't like blue velvet |
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exactly. so does no-one else like the straight story then? |
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only one i haven't seen, like to though |
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you may be dissapointed if you expect something like his other films. its VERY different. its a very simple story, based more on emotions than plot. it has a beautiful soundtrack aswell. |
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I've only seen Mulholland Drive... But I absolutely loved it. Such a great mood throughout... I love the deep rumbling bass too - that's awesome. Think I'll check out Lost Highway next time I'm at the store. Are all these on DVD, btw? (I know Mulholland Drive is). |
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straight story is excellent. deffinately a lynch film but very different from his other stuff. |
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isnt the elephant man diferent too?, it is about a 'freak' but one that tries to fit in, the story is melodramatic all the way through as well |
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yeah it is quite different to his other work. based on a true story aswell. |
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yes, and not on the plays and stories about the guy. makes you wonder why he wanted to make it: maybe to express the well known feeling of being an outcast. i don't have problem with over the top emotion and stuff anymore recently: move me! that goes for music as well |
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Well, I will give Blue Velvet another chance. I was aware of the fact the characters started out hammy on purpose, but I guess it was a little too cringeworthy in places (especially the bits with him and the girl in the car...) I prefer his more modern style (Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway) though I also loved Eraserhead-wonderful and insane and abstract. Thanks for all the info people-I think I'll get into Twin Peaks, though I missed it while it was on TV...could I just buy Fire Walk With Me and enjoy it without understanding it? I mean, I STILL don't get Lost Highway at all. |
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My favourite Lynch movie is Mulholland Drive. I would probably say it's in my all time top 10. Which reminds me, I've had the DVD for months and haven't watched it yet! |
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I'm a Lynch Afficianado - I think his best film is. . . |
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you could just buy Fire Walk With Me. but you'll be missing out on a lot of the mythology of the series. it actually is scarier if you do know what things relate to. if you have the dough, buy the first season of TP on dvd..! |
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Dune is weird. The first half of the movie follows the book almost letter for letter. Then about half way through it starts skipping over large parts of the story and really butchering it in general. All in all it is a lot better aesthetically than the sci-fi channels version, even if sci-fi's followed the book more closely (from what I have heard . .I couldn't watch much of it). |
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