Great posts, Garrett! I would add that if you think of film as "art", you should be able to create a mindset that does not require you to make sense of everything you experience.
Think about paintings - many of them don't make any sense per se, they may be created as a study about interactions of color and shadow, not a portrait or still life. Think about music; instrumentals are meant to be enjoyed for the textures and colors of sound, not because the song is telling a story or creating a concrete defined image...and even when there are lyrics, it may not mean a thing (I Am The Walrus, Glass Onion, etc) but may rather be a study about the interplay of words. Movies are a bigger stretch than visual art or music because TYPICALLY a film is created to make "sense" to tell a story or some such. But that doesn't mean it has to, and if you try and make sense of Lynch's work you'll end up in a padded room. Analyzing Joni is tough enough! :~) I think she intends for her work to be analyzed & discussed. I don't think Lynch wants the same thing, he just works more on a stream of conciousness level. Anyway, just some thoughts... Bob NP: Dinah Washington, "You Don't Know What Love Is"
