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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.
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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 Eras…
If someone is not into art films, to not start with Twin Peaks is absolutely insane to me. First two seasons of Twin Peaks are his masterpiece IMO and his most watchable. Those are some of the best characters of any film/tv show ever. From there I would go to Lost Highway next for a stronger dose of the more out there stuff.
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.
The greatest ending ever to a TV show is the end of season 2. Nothing can ever touch that as an ending. Season 3 was not needed but I am just glad I got to watch the show when it aired originally.
That ending in 1991 on prime time network TV next to corny sitcoms is just so out of time. Like a transmission from another dimension.
Rest in peace to a one-of-a-kind creative genius. Strangely I just rewatched Inland Empire last night for the first time since seeing it in the theater, so this is hitting extra hard. In addition to his incredible film/television work, I'd like to give a shout-out to his other forms of artistic expression which often got less attention. His musical output captured the same unique vibe as his films, for example his al…
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.
I hate season 3 so much. I don't even consider it part of the story. The greatest ending ever to a TV show is the end of season 2. Nothing can ever touch that as an ending. Season 3 was not needed but I am just glad I got to watch the show when it aired originally. That ending in 1991 on prime time network TV next to corny sitcoms is just so out of time. Like a transmission from another dimension.
I disagree! I consider it Lynch's best work.
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…
Eraserhead is about the fear of being a new father.
Shit. I wasn't expecting him to die anytime soon, so this came as a surprise. RIP
The work of his Foundation continues (as though anyone here takes it seriously).
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I'm gonna say start with Blue Velvet. It still has the backbone of a classical noir, but it is completely run through with the character of his work. Mulholland Drive reflects the apex of his vision and talents, but there's a learning curve to appreciating it.
On the other end, save Inland Empire for after you've seen a lot of his filmography and are in the mood for a challenge. I wouldn't call it his best work, but it is Lynch at his most singular and uncompromising.
It was the last thing he made for TV/cinema and for me feels like the culmination of everything he did before it.
I found this video of his on his spiritual beliefs to be very insightful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mTxm9sQg0 RIP
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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.