Where Are We Ranking David Lynch In GOAT Stakes?

[Bobhoward]

I started getting into Lynch earlier this year and parts of his films are straight . Lost Highway seriously disturbed me

Also, I think Blue Velvet is definitely his most accessible film, so I'd start there if you're looking to get into his work

 

[AMcV'88]

i've only got Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive.
i nearly bought the Twin Peaks boxset but i bought something else..will get around to it eventually. is it that great ?

the scene in Blue Velvet w/ the Roy Orbinson song (one of the few songs of his i actually like) gets me everytime.





edit-
i was about to post why i love Blue Velvet so much but i was too lazy to sum it but The 101 pretty much did it for me in the other thread.

Top 10, top 20 at worst film for me.

The reason why I think this is the best Lynch film (and I'm a HUGE fan of Mulholland Drive), is that whilst it has all the inherent weirdness and sinister dread of Lynch's other works, there's a grounded reality to it all. There's nothing supernatural or any real ambiguity between dreams and reality. And it's this reality that makes it all the more disturbing. These are real things that could and have happened anywhere. Deep down it's an examination of the weird and strange places human sexuality goes, manifested in Frank. Has a role ever been more perfectly cast than Hopper as Frank?

There's also real emotion in the film. The relationship between Maclachlan and Dern is genuinely heartfelt and pleasant, so it's not just another weirded out, claustrophobic Lynch head fukk. There's real human emotions at play here.

I also love how Lynch messes around with different genres and styles. Whilst this is an '80s film, for all intents and purposes it might as well be a '50s period film. Lynch's use of music is masterful and I love the '50s melodrama vibes throughout. Laura Dern's introduction in the film, stepping out of the darkness into the light whilst the sappy Hollywood orchestral score plays is such an amazing moment.

Film just doesn't get any more satisfying than this IMO.

 

[sun raw]

not many directors ever get to make a movie as good as eraserhead, lynch did that shyt on his first try

 

[Roaden Polynice]

watching it now.

some of the acting and dialogue is

my girl looked at me like

ima finish it though

It's supposed to be like that though. Lynch has a fixation about that Smalltown, USA 50's and 60's nostalgia, along with the darkness that is always lurking beneath those exteriors.

 

[FlyRy]

It's supposed to be like that though. Lynch has a fixation about that Smalltown, USA 50's and 60's nostalgia, along with the darkness that is always lurking beneath those exteriors.

I figured..i have about 45 min left i got sleepy

 

[THE 101]

watching it now.
some of the acting and dialogue is
my girl looked at me like

ima finish it though

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Brozay]

Mulholland Drive is the only movie I watched, and then immediately watched again directly after

Blue Velvet is great. Eraserhead is

Lynch

 

[Champagne Kudo]

Lynch is my goat director

been rewatching all his movies and going through the ones I hadn’t got around too. Still gotta watch the straight story and finally finish inland empire

fire walk with me might be one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Ain’t never felt for a character the way I felt for Laura in that joint

and I hated her in the original run

but when you finally see it from her perspective

 

[FreedMind]

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