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> which "make sense" in "logic of dreams" kind of way. Exactly. I once heard a film critic say, "Most great movies are either puzzles or dreams." The Shining
by apozem 6y ago
> which "make sense" in "logic of dreams" kind of way.
Exactly. I once heard a film critic say, "Most great movies are either puzzles or dreams."
The Shining is definitely the latter, a movie that runs on pure nightmare logic. Nothing makes literal sense and everything makes perfect sense.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> nightmare logic. Nothing makes literal sense and everything makes perfect sense. You can describe _a lot_ of David Lynch's work with that phrase. Lost Highway. Mulholland Drive. Much of Twin Peaks. Any director could splice up some random images and say it's surreal. What's _disturbing_ about Lynch's work is that while your rational mind knows that what you see doesn't make sense, something inside you is meanwhile saying "oh yes it does".
- dan_hawkins 6y agoZizek explained the meaning of Lost Highway in a very interesting way to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pervert%27s_Guide_to_Cinema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pervert%27s_Guide_to_Cinem...
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> Zizek explained Who? (1) https://www.thehairpin.com/2016/07/the-best-time-i-pretended-i-hadnt-heard-of-slavoj-zizek/ https://www.thehairpin.com/2016/07/the-best-time-i-pretended...