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FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #122 - The Films of DAVID LYNCH
THE FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #122 - The Films of DAVID LYNCH
Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.
DAVID LYNCH
Darkened Room (2002)
Rabbits (2002)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
The Straight Story (1999)
Lost Highway (1997)
Lumière et compagnie (1996) (segment "Lumière")
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Twin Peaks (1990) (TV)
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) (TV)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dune (1984)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Eraserhead (1977)
The Amputee (1974)
The Grandmother (1970)
The Alphabet (1968)
Six Figures Getting Sick (1966)
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, King Kong, La Femme Nikita, Planet Terror, Raging Bull, Ronin, The Third Man DVD: .................
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06-18-2005, 09:33 AM
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The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, King Kong, La Femme Nikita, Planet Terror, Raging Bull, Ronin, The Third Man DVD: .................
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06-18-2005, 11:21 AM
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DAVID LYNCH
Seen: 4
Like: 0
Own: 0
Rank order:
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Twin Peaks (1990) (TV)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Lynch has some great ideas, but he never seems to be able to finish them, or put them altogether the right way. Films like Blue Velvet have lots of potential, but he ends up squandering it on weirdeness over substance. And I'm a firm believer that a film should make sense to a viewer at the end, without needing to read a complex road map. If you want to do things like flashbacks, and dream sequences, etc., fine. But don't hide those things so that even at the end you don't know what was what. If the only way to understand Mulholland Dr. is to track down a 'solution' on the internet, that no viewer could ever figure out just by watching the film, then forget it.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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06-18-2005, 12:50 PM
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06-19-2005, 01:08 AM
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Ratings on a scale of * to *****:
1: Mulholland Dr. (2001) *****
2: Lost Highway (1997) *****
3: Blue Velvet (1986) *****
4: Eraserhead (1977) *****
5: Wild at Heart (1990) *****
6: Twin Peaks (1990) (TV) *****
7: The Elephant Man (1980) ****1/2
8: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) ****1/2
9: The Straight Story (1999) ***1/2
10: Dune (1984) **
Own 9
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06-19-2005, 01:49 AM
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Big favorite, really the first "out there" director I enjoyed after my exposure to him through Twin Peaks. One of those directors I'll see anything by. I enjoy the mystery of his films and if there is some "solution" to Mulholland Dr., I have no interest in finding out what it is.
*1. Mulholland Dr. - A (The many verbal WTF? by audience members at the end of a film I'd loved every second of will be a film/theater experience I never forget)
*2. The Straight Story - A ( As sad as sections of this film are, I think it was even more sad that there were about 4 people in the theater when I saw this.)
3. Lost Highway - A
*4. Blue Velvet - A- (not all the way there yet, but this film has grown on me immensely since my initial viewing)
5. Twin Peaks (TV) - A- (Based on S1 only. Missed almost all of S2)
*6. Wild At Heart - A-
*7. Eraserhead - A-
8. Inland Empire - B+
*9. The Elephant Man - B+
10. Dune - B+ (always thought this got a bad rap. The books are a real snoozer, Lynch brought out some drama and humor.)
Own: 6 (Plus have a VHS recording of the "Smithee" extended TV version of Dune with the narrated illustration opening and whatnot. I would buy a good DVD of Lost Highway and an improved version of Dune. Planning on buying Twin Peaks S1 when and if S2 is released. Then when I rewatch the series, I'll finally check out Fire Walk With Me.)
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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06-19-2005, 02:30 AM
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