Where Are We Ranking David Lynch In GOAT Stakes?

[Roaden Polynice]

You always hear about the greatest directors of all time, the usual names.

But no director in this world has left an impression on me more than David Lynch.

Every time I watch his movies or Twin Peaks it stays with me for days on end.

I remember finishing Twin Peaks and realizing that (1) There hasn't really been a TV show like that on American television EVER (save for X-Files and Lost...maybe) and (2) it really made me realize how bland and safe American television is. You ain't seen shyt like Twin Peaks ever. What, Sopranos? Mad Men? Breaking Bad? Fancy soap operas with an edge. Twin Peaks was surreal, unexplainable, unknown (even though I acknowledge that Twin Peaks was almost a parody of soap operas).

The films. I was watching Mulholland Dr. a few weeks ago, and the Winky's scene has to be one of the GOAT scenes in film history. It's so fukking perfect. And that doesn't even delve into Lynch's examination of the film industry and his excoriation of Hollywood, along with his depiction of dreams, guilt, and the subconscious as well. That whole film, top to bottom is genius.

His other films of course are great. Depends on how deep we wanna go

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Very few directors can create a haunting-diegetic of how the real world actually works, and when I mean works, I mean marching to the beat of it's own drum. His work is a depiction of what life would be like if we didn't use human logic to explain things that can't/shouldn't be explained.

His films are about as close to real life as you can get.

 

[NZA]

i cant even think of any other prominent filmmakers to compare him to in a way that would make ranking possible. his use of surrealism puts him in a smaller class of filmmaker. ranking him among directors like spielberg would do both a disservice.

on a side note, i would love to see him do a comic book movie. preferably something weird like animal man.

 

[THE 101]

I nearly had a heart attack when that hobo demon thing peeped his head out behind the diner in Mulholland Drive

That shyt was uncalled for

 

[FlyRy]

I've only seen Mulholland drive

but i have blue velvet , elephant man and eraserhead on deck for like a year now

 

[THE 101]

Breh, stick on Blue Velvet NOW.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

idk he weirds me out. I've tried to watch mulholland high as fukk several times, always in constant and I fall asleep.

Tried watching Eraserhead yesterday and it was fukking weird as fukk

I like Dune even though it's obviously not a perfect movie

I'm willing to give blue velvet a try

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

huge fan and went to one of his talks..during the Inland Empire release.

 

[FlyRy]

Breh, stick on Blue Velvet NOW.

i will soon.

i know it was one of Eberts most hated flicks

 

[pickles]

I nearly had a heart attack when that hobo demon thing peeped his head out behind the diner in Mulholland Drive

That shyt was uncalled for

Me too breh. Me too. That thing fukked me up.


That was a great fukken movie. After watching it, most people were like but then I read a "explanation" on the net, and it was that makes sense.

Lynch got to be on drugs, to make a movie like that.

 

[kp404]

Like at @Gil Scott-Heroin said, very few can present life in such a realistic and disturbing way like Lynch. He is a top 10 director to me because his style is both effective and original...Mulholland Drive is just...I can't even describe it...the first time I saw it I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It will go down as one of the greatest movies of all time and it deserves it.

 

[THE 101]

This cat was creepy as fukk.

 

[Roaden Polynice]

i will soon.

i know it was one of Eberts most hated flicks

Ebert always had it out for Lynch. iirc it was because he thought that Lynch put the actors and actresses through hell, particularly in Blue Velvet, saying that Lynch was making light of the apartment scene (which he was. Apparently when filming that scene Lynch would start laughing every take. But since you haven't seen it I guess this is all on deaf ears).

Only Lynch films of that I think Ebert liked were Eraserhead and Mulholland Dr.

 

[EarlyMaridia]

I nearly had a heart attack when that hobo demon thing peeped his head out behind the diner in Mulholland Drive

That shyt was uncalled for

shyt got me too. That scene in the hall and that room were creepy as fukk, as well.

 

[FlyRy]

Breh, stick on Blue Velvet NOW.

Ebert always had it out for Lynch. iirc it was because he thought that Lynch put the actors and actresses through hell, particularly in Blue Velvet, saying that Lynch was making light of the apartment scene (which he was. Apparently when filming that scene Lynch would start laughing every take. But since you haven't seen it I guess this is all on deaf ears).

Only Lynch films of that I think Ebert liked were Eraserhead and Mulholland Dr.

watching it now.

some of the acting and dialogue is

my girl looked at me like

ima finish it though