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I like David Lynch’s approach to storytelling, which mostly doesn’t follow these basic plots: Accepted into the institute’s Center for Advanced Film Studies in
by keiferski 3y ago
I like David Lynch’s approach to storytelling, which mostly doesn’t follow these basic plots:
Accepted into the institute’s Center for Advanced Film Studies in 1970, Lynch studied with the Czechoslovak film maker Frank Daniel, whose course on film analysis shaped his writing and directing habits. “It’s a simple thing he taught me,” says Lynch. “If you want to make a feature film, you get ideas for 70 scenes. Put them on 3-by-5 cards. As soon as you have 70, you have a feature film.” Except that he now dictates to an assistant, Lynch still works this way.
- jprete 3y agoThere’s a lot to unpack in the word “scene”. Every scene itself is either a needed part of a story, or a story in and of itself, except that the meaning relies on the context of the whole work.
- all2 3y agoI don't remember if it was Rogue One or another of the SW franchise, but they actually backed their way into the plot but first picking scenes from other movies and then stitching them together.
- fauxreb 3y agoThis led me to an amazing NYT profile of Lynch from 1990: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/14/magazine/a-dark-lens-on-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/14/magazine/a-dark-lens-on-a...