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David Lynch

  • 22-07-2005 12:22pm
    #1
    captain P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭


    Do ya love him, hate him, know who he is?!

    I think he is a fantastic director, my favourite being his series Twin peaks, but i love his other movies also.

    whats ur opinions on him?


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  • #2
    Kennington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭Kennington


    Wasnt a huge fan of Wild At Heart, but Twin Peaks, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive i love, cant wait for his new film INLAND EMPIRE


  • #3
    hawkmoon269
    Closed Accounts Posts: 463 ✭✭hawkmoon269


    Brilliant.

    Lost Highway is probably my favourite.

    With the exception of Dune, I love all his stuff.


  • #4
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Don't forget about Blue Velvet!


  • #5
    captain P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭captain P


    Straight Story and Elephant man are great too. Mr. lynch knows how to rip out your heart.


  • #6
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    what was lost highway about?

    watched it one morning when hungover and didn't have thinking cap on at the time


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  • #7
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    I like his work very much - all that I've seen so far, at least. I didn't enjoy Eraserhead all that much, though.


  • #8
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    simu wrote:
    I didn't enjoy Eraserhead all that much, though.

    It was very atmospheric, but there wasn't really enough there to justify the weirdness that seems to be Lynch's trademark.

    I haven't seen that many of his films, but they're good for a bit of confusion, which I think is lacking in much of today's films. I like the way his work is generally open-ended and open to interpretation.


  • #9
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I like him, but I don't have as much of his work on DVD as I'd like. Blue Velvet, Dune and The Straight Story are on my 'To Do' list.


  • #10
    Playboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    He r0x ... Blue Velvet is one of the great american movies


  • #11
    PWEI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭PWEI


    Didn't like Lost Highway as I thought he was trying to hard to confuse the audience.I loved Wild At Heart,it's one of my favourite films.But its that sort of film you either love it or hate it.


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  • #12
    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    I just purchased the first season of Twin Peaks on DVD! :)

    I watched it sporadically at some point in the past but I'll get to see it properly now and comment about it here. Should be good!


  • #13
    captain P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭captain P


    simu wrote:
    I just purchased the first season of Twin Peaks on DVD! :)

    I watched it sporadically at some point in the past but I'll get to see it properly now and comment about it here. Should be good!


    the first series is great and dale cooper is my hero.
    the second series (which i REALLY hope they release on dvd) is heartbreaking. :( but unbelievably fantastic.


  • #14
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    I've seen everything do date and have to say loved and enjoyed it all.

    He did his best with Dune considering the special effect of the day and the fact
    it was a sweeping story. Parts of that are still staggering in terms of cinematics
    and imprinting the visual of Frank Herberts work.

    Twinpeaks still stands as a wonderful, twisted head trip and at the time
    dealt with topics what were not seen or scripted for on TV networks.


  • #15
    the jew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭the jew


    I think the only film of his I saw was Eraserhead, what a piece of crap.


  • #16
    sterculelum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 629 ✭✭✭sterculelum


    I've seen Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, Straight Story and Mulholland Dr. I love them all. Eraserhead is great, so diff to everything else. You don't really have to make sense of it, just enjoy the atmosphere and everything.

    I don't want to see Dune though, I'm afraid it'll put me off him.


  • #17
    captain P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭captain P


    sterculelum wrote:
    I've seen Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, Straight Story and Mulholland Dr. I love them all. Eraserhead is great, so diff to everything else. You don't really have to make sense of it, just enjoy the atmosphere and everything.

    I don't want to see Dune though, I'm afraid it'll put me off him.

    yeh, i havent seen Dune either. you should watch twin peaks


  • #18
    rideordie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭rideordie


    I loved Blue Velvet it was great but Mullholland Dr...now that I din't get..the thing with the blue keys :confused: confusing..gotta see he's other stuff too..I've heard that Dune was quite boring..


  • #19
    sterculelum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 629 ✭✭✭sterculelum


    captain P wrote:
    yeh, i havent seen Dune either. you should watch twin peaks

    Yup, I wanna see it. Oh! I've seen Lost Highway too. Forgot about that. I liked that too. Leaves ya feeling weird. Eraser is one of the most disturbing I've ever seen, that baby... BV is pretty horrible too. Frank, hehehe.


  • #20
    randomhuman
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭randomhuman


    sterculelum wrote:
    I don't want to see Dune though, I'm afraid it'll put me off him.

    Yeah, dune put me off him a bit. It should have been a fairly straightforward scifi, and the way he made it so weird makes you wonder if he's actually capable of anything else...


  • #21
    hawkmoon269
    Closed Accounts Posts: 463 ✭✭hawkmoon269


    As I said, Dune is his worst in my view, not really representative of him as a director, although I have only seen it once and might be prepared to give it another chance. Everything else is brill.

    Lost Highway - who needs drugs, this film will mess with your mind big time (in a nice way, though it may not be for everyone :)


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  • #22
    randomhuman
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭randomhuman


    hawkmoon269 wrote:
    Lost Highway - who needs drugs, this film will mess with your mind big time (in a nice way, though it may not be for everyone :)

    Yeah, lost highway is good. I come up with a new interpretation every time I watch it :) Blue velvet is my fav though, because it's challenging, but not exhausting.


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