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Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by xanderlewis » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:13 PM UTC

pelagicAustral wrote: post #56

Oh man! that's depressing... I always remember the appearances he made on "Louie", as a talent agent... He was so funny, I choose to believe that he wasn't acting at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlEJbs02wAM

Oh! Thanks for reminding me why his face is so familiar.

(I’m not someone who knows anything about film…)

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by officeplant » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:15 PM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #162

messe wrote: post #127

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My best guess is that you're thinking of the Spicediver edit, a fan edit which runs about three hours, and is highly regarded.

https://www.phind.com/search?cache=mrvch82ai4szf4ulx1c98eqt

Thanks for this, now I've got a nice movie night plan.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by neycoda » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:16 PM UTC

Awww We knew the day would come. What a legend of a man and artist. A recent living Dali, but far more underappreciated (even by those who loved him and didn't quite understand what his art was saying). I only hope to see more like him.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by xenospn » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:17 PM UTC

shanecleveland wrote: post #27

Love Twin Peaks. Puget Sound resident here. I can see the big driftwood log Laura Palmer was found next to from my window.

I made the pilgrimage to Snoqualmie and North Bend multiple times. David Lynch has always been my inspiration.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by scoofy » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:17 PM UTC

gordon_freeman wrote: post #103

sk11001 wrote: post #88

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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.

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!

Eraserhead is borderline unwatchable. I love David Lynch, sort of, but without telling people that they're about to sit down and watch an hour-and-a-half of what is effectively an unwatchable piece of avant-garde cinema, then they're not going to be able to appreciate it.

There is nothing worse than getting excited to see a famous director's debut film, thinking you're going to have a good time, and then getting Eraserhead.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by retinaros » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:20 PM UTC

I was young when dune was released and a big fan of herbert books. there was also star wars that ive seen at the same time. Dune is still today to me one of the great SF movies and I count a very few I really love (cloud atlas is another more recent one, speed racer too).

All his weirder movies were great experiences but my favorite ever Lynch movie is the Straight Story. such a perfect beautiful movie. I loved badalamenti music as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCzAetSFRC8&ab_channel=amast...

I always thought writing and directing a movie of pure kindness and making it interesting as a piece of great art was the real mark of genius.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by mtraven » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:20 PM UTC

"You know about death...that it's just a change, not an end." – The Log Lady

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by spacechild1 » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:22 PM UTC

Trasmatta wrote: post #126

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.

It has always been on my list, but I haven't watched it yet. Thanks for the reminder!

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by MisterTea » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:23 PM UTC

dfxm12 wrote: post #104

MisterTea wrote: post #75

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Another nice thing about Twin Peaks is it inspired Chris Carter's X-files and the early X-files seasons have that same dreary feel to them Twin Peaks did.

Aside from, obviously, David Duchovny, more than a handful of the regular Twin Peaks cast showed up in the X Files. Shapes ft. Michael Horse and Humbug ft. Michael J. Anderson are two particularly great early episodes.

Don S. Davis played Maj. Garland Briggs in Twin Peaks and Captain William Scully, Dana Scully's father in the X-files first season (and in one or two later cameos). In both he plays a stuffy high ranking military officer which is quite amusing.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by sharkweek » Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 9:24 PM UTC

jamestimmins wrote: post #147

tanseydavid wrote: post #99

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"Los Angeles, every day, hot and sunny, today, hot and sunny, tomorrow, hot and, for the rest of the… hot and sunny, every single day, hot and sunny. And they love it. 'Isn’t great, every day, hot and sunny?' What are you, a @$%^& lizard?" - Bill Hicks

I've been in LA for 14 years, and I always say LA has great weather in the same way a mall has good weather. It's never unpleasant and is always "perfect", but at some point you miss the feeling of breeze and slight variations and it feels like you're breathing air from a can.

I’m in Seattle and during the summer heat, the city dries and sometimes ends up with smokey haze from wildfires.

Then comes that random rainy day at the end of the heatwave, gives the city a shower it needs and the fresh smell is unbeatable.

I’m not sure what heaven smells like, but if I had to guess it’s like the air after summer rain in my city.