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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 mov
by gordon_freeman 2y ago
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!
- jimbob45 2y agoDune or Twin Peaks are probably going to be more accessible than anything else. For Eraserhead, I understand the metaphor of how parenting can be larger-than-life and terrifying and I see how Eraserhead was trying to embody that but I very much didn't appreciate the highly pessimistic ending. It's an early movie that would have benefited immensely from an alternate ending on its DVD.
- gordon_freeman 2y agoThe beauty of Lynch films is that everyone can interpret it in their own way!
- DrillShopper 2y agoI know what you're trying to say, but that's also true of every other movie.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoWell Lynch famously said this over and over about his films — that they mean whatever people think they mean. Watch a few interviews where he is asked what a film of his means. A smirk comes on his face and he repeats his mantra. He never let on.
- k_roy 2y agoI'd argue many creators are this way. Nobody is ever going to approach a piece of art the same way. Unless you are a narcissist (probable billionare) who feels the need to go back and explain every detail about the wizarding world you created a few decades later and reveal what kind of piece of crap you are.
- deadfoxygrandpa 2y agosure but david lynch obviously lent into that way more than most others. his work is famously obtuse and the experience of each person watching and having that experience and interpreting it on their own was a huge part of the point of his work in a way that just isnt true for many other people
- JKCalhoun 2y ago> you are a narcissist (probable billionare) These days you'll have to be more specific.
- HKH2 2y agoNo, there's far more room for interpretation than in a typical movie.
- Trasmatta 2y agoI think there's a lot more to Eraserhead than that! I also don't really see the ending as pessimistic personally. Lynch: "Believe it or not, Eraserhead is my most spiritual film." Lean: "Elaborate on that?" Lynch: "No, I wont. No one sees it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjoMEw2RYlA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjoMEw2RYlA
- msabalau 2y agoThe Straight Story is almost certainly his most accessible film, while also very focused on themes that he cares about. It isn't the elusive puzzle that many cinephiles value in his work, but it is clearly a Lynch film, even if it's not a stereotypical one.
- retinaros 2y agoactually it is an elusive puzzle :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa16cd5zAuc&ab_channel=KyleLiegel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa16cd5zAuc&ab_channel=KyleL...
- turbojet1321 2y agoIt also happens to be just a beautiful film.
- saijanai 2y agoHis most mainstream work is The Elephant Man, commissioned by Mel Brooks.
- colmmacc 2y agoThe Elephant Man is great, but does have a surreal sequence, and is entirely in black and white. I'd vote for the The Straight Story, which is literally a Disney movie, being more mainstream.
- Trasmatta 2y ago> Surreal is the word I associate with his movies and tv show And his style of surrealism has been so influential that it has its own term: Lynchian!
- werdnapk 2y agoThe "sausages" skit [1] by kids in the hall I'm pretty sure is massively inspired by eraserhead. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChvxsVgT8c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChvxsVgT8c
- epolanski 2y agoSeason 3 Twin Peaks is peak "I don't know what am I looking at".
- Lio 2y agoWhen it first came out I was so desperate to see it I watched the first episode twice without realising. I spent the whole time trying to work out what was different between the "two". I mean, it’s exactly the sort of thing he would do and I still loved it. Magic!
- ruthmarx 2y agoIt's at least a third watching one of Kyle MacLachlan's characters walking around with brain damage. I liked the season after a rewatch but the Dougie stuff is still tedious.
- kingstoned 2y agoWhen people say "surreal" they mean "real", it's just most of your life is not very real, just repetition and routine. - Norm Macdonald
- scoofy 2y agoEraserhead 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.
- tjakab 2y agoEraserhead is highly watchable, but the first time you see it, it's best to just experience it without trying to process it too much. The nuance comes through on repeat viewings.
- scoofy 2y ago>Eraserhead is highly watchable It is a film explicitly designed to be unpleasant. This may be artistically interesting, but it's certainly no going to appeal to most people.
- labster 2y agoI rented Eraserhead and watched with some friends in college. I loved it, and so did the other Lynch fan. The other two, well, the first words spoken over the credits were “What the actual fuck was that?” Let’s just say it’s a divisive film.
- monophonica 2y agoIf 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.
- tpm 2y agoBut he didn't direct all of Twin Peaks episodes and it shows.