David Lynch has a lifetime artistic pass from me for Blue Velvet. That movie will stay in my top 10 movies forever. He let Dennis Hopper totally spin out into one of the most memorable film characters ever. His use of Roy Orbison music was totally inspired. The Candy Coated Clown scene still haunts me.
Since then he sometimes has lost me, or annoyed me with fragmented plot information, but he has almost always entertained me with an original way to look at film. I liked his experiment short clip. I dug how he had me on edge with the weirdness of the dialog at first, and the fact that I wasn't sure if he would go off on the smirky chicks. I dug the odd digital effects he tried out to convey change, it reminded me of M. Night Shyamalan at his best. Although I didn't go along with the song, it reminded me how much I dug Julie Cruise from the music of Blue Velvet. I saw her live and she is great. David can seem contrived in his weirdness, but at least he tries to come up with stuff that has emotional impact in a new way. His themes of super purity and total evil together work for me. The fact that he thinks giving MMY money will help the world makes him seem charmingly naive to me. I'll even give him a pass on that fantasy, it is his money. --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It had its moments... > > > > > > > > > > Oh really? Where? :-) > > > > > > > > > > > ...and no-one knows if this was a final cut, > > or a > > > > > > rejected take. > > > > > > > > > > This was heavily edited footage made from > > several > > > > > different takes (you can tell because of the > > changing > > > > > light conditions), taken from many different > > camera > > > > > angles. > > > > > > > > > > > You guys LOVE to pre-judge, doncha? > > > > > > > > > > And, as I said before, you LOVE to make > > excuses > > > > > for anything TM-related, doncha? > > > > > > > > > > If that's not what's happening, answer the > > first > > > > > question above. Exactly WHAT did you feel was > > a > > > > > good "moment" in this piece of crap? > > > > > > > > Some of the expressions and meaningful glances > > > > between the two women looked very real-to-life > > > > rather than Hollywood emotions. > > > > > > In all seriousness, Lawson, if their interactions > > > struck you as "real-to-life," you're ready to join > > > Nablus in accepting the pronouncements of Creme. > > :-) > > > > > > Stop embarrassing yourself, dude. The only reason > > > you are cutting this stuff any slack is because > > > Lynch is a well-known TMer. If he were anything > > > else you'd be as amazed at its awfulness as every- > > > one else here has been. And if he were a prominent > > > > > Buddhist, you'd be saying that the footage proves > > > that Buddhist meditation techniques make the mind > > > confused and lazy. > > > > > > Sparaig's idea of real-to-life dialog, devoid > > > of fake Hollywood emotion: > > > > > > Zombiewoman1: Will you give me a sip of your > > drink? > > > > > > Zombiewoman2: Sure. You can have the rest. > > > > > > :-) :-) :-) > > > > > > The hilarious thing is that now, having "stood up" > > > for Lynch and put his cred on the line, Sparaig's > > > actually going have to see the movie and sit > > through > > > almost three hours of this mindnumbingly awful > > pap, > > > three hours of his life he'll never get back. > > > > > > > Are you trying to show your lack of reading > > comprehension? I said nothing about dialog. I > > said the meaningful glances between the two women > > were more true-to-life than much of > > the emotive stuff that traditionally comes out of > > Hollywood. "Meaningful glances" doesn't > > mean "talking out loud." > > I've always regarded much, not all, of Lynch's work as > "film school crap" Lynch has a very creepy aspect to > him that can be manifested in his films. Ever seen > "Ereaser Head" ? It is a disgusting, grossly over > rated sick film. The clip in discussion is just more > pretentious film nonsense. Notice the chromakey effect > (or whatever it's called now in digital film making, > it's been a few decades!)with the male actor? What's > that for? I just don't like his work. I see Lynch as > quite disturbed. Something is "off" in his psyche. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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