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I'm so grateful he was able to make Twin Peaks: The Return before he passed. It's one of the most brilliant and moving pieces of fiction I've ever experienced. If they had started it just a few years later it may have never been finished.
As pretentious as it may sound, The Return is both my favourite movie and my favourite TV show of the past 25 years.
During the pandemic David Lynch released a daily weather video in which he reported what the weather was at his home in Los Angeles. First video was May 11, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krIj6eLF4mU Last video was December 16, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l21GFyOO8Ug He also released a daily video in which he drew a bingo number. I can't really imagine any other major director doing something like th…
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These were the very last words he spoke:
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May everyone be happy.
May everyone be free of disease.
May auspiciousness be seen everywhere.
May suffering belong to no-one.
Peace.
Jai guru dev
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I have never seen a single one of his movies but I love watching interviews with him, he had an amazing presence and so much energy.
Gentle intro: Rabbits, on youtube.
Lynch's was still my favorite version of Dune despite flaws.
Villeneuve version is the superior adaptation.
I'm incredibly saddened by his passing away, even if it was expected given the recent decline of his health. I'm not going to touch on his films, which are all special and definitely worth watching, but if anyone who didn't know him wants a primer on his complex, sometimes surreal, but I think ultimately endearing personality, then this is a nice introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZpi8zAqe0
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His last words were: ______
* May everyone be happy.
May everyone be free of disease.
May auspiciousness be seen everywhere.
May suffering belong to no-one.
Peace.
Jai guru dev
________
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Start with "Eraserhead" and then go from there. Surreal is the word I associate with his movies and tv show (Twin Peaks) and I absolutely love watching such movies!
Season 3 Twin Peaks is peak "I don't know what am I looking at".
I liked the season after a rewatch but the Dougie stuff is still tedious.
Somedays I long for a world where everyone has a touch more of the mad creativity he had. Perhaps we do and we just need to nurture it more. Also the Mr Plow-ish of all playstation advertisements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laf9vpJMDjA
During Covid I started watching his daily weather update, even though I didn’t live in LA. Virtually every day was the same. Very clear. Very still. I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. He always left so much unsaid and open to interpretation, just like life. They are movies designed to make the viewer feel a certain way, rather than literally w…
> I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. The plots of his movies are often more concrete than people expect. I'm not saying a movie like Mulholland Drive is easy to follow, but it does have a legible plot. Feel free to read the wiki or something if you are not sure who some character is or what they are doing. If you are just letting the experienc…
That’s, in my opinion, where some of the intractability comes from: is this bug buzzing around a ceiling light meaningful to the plot or just something he saw one day and wanted others to experience as well. Every once in a while he’d give a tell, often unintentionally, while talking about something else. But most of the time he let things into the world without explanation.
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I find it interesting how much Ebert hated that movie. I'm not sure how I feel about it myself, tbh, but I am certain I don't have his conviction to state it clearly and unambiguously. The film certainly made me feel things no other movie has.
I think if you're giving original opinions about movies it guarantees that you're going to be on the wrong side of history eventually. His reviews aren't any less interesting even when you disagree with him.