Seth Farmer
9Dec11
Oh, and this thing that Sidney Lumet said in "Making Movies" regarding style... but I loaned my copy to a friend so I can't quote it here.
Happy Birthday my love, you will forever be the one love of my life, unlike anyone else, you've never disappointed me. Stay amazing. I FUCKING LOVE YOU OK.
With his films, Lynch works — very successfully, I might add — solely at establishing a whole and consistent aesthetic. He disregards plot and conventional film devices in favour of presenting rather abstract, but very well executed, ideas — themes, visions, scenes, situations, people, places — that work within and contribute towards this aesthetic. He aims to set a mood, and that's about it. The problem with this style of working — if you consider it a problem — is that his appeal is limited drastically. Unless his films appeal to your particular aesthetic sense, you'll most likely find yourself shrugging your shoulders, wondering what the big deal is. Whereas most films have at least one quality that every viewer can connect to, Lynch's films lack the breadth and depth.
I love that quote. It, along with the one on Scorsese's page (“Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.”) pretty much sums up my philosophy on filmmaking.
Oh, and this thing that Sidney Lumet said in "Making Movies" regarding style... but I loaned my copy to a friend so I can't quote it here.
Wow! check this out, his commercial for his signature cup coffee, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzMIIjZsHVA
Lynch, The Mindfucker. O Eraserhead é brutal. O Blue Velvet é um film noir muito bom. O Lost Highway marcou o início da minha adolescência. O Wild at Heart fez parte da minha primeira relação séria através de private jokes e declarações de amor. The Straight Story deu-me vontade de sair de casa depois de um mês de isolamento e fez-me acreditar que os humanos não são assim tão maus. Acho que não preciso dizer mais.
Watching a david lynch's movie is like having a dream that you can remember.
is it just me or does anyone else find that the "limitations" imposed by analogue film made Lynch a better filmmaker "back in the day" than his work post digital "liberation"?
In some respects, I think his analogue work looks a lot richer and engrossing in that way.
I love how his movies seem to be projections of images stored in his mind. They take you on this ride that has weird turns that seem to not make sense but you get sucked in. When the movie is over it's hard, at least for me, to leave that feeling of "What just happened?" He is an amazing director.
His movies are my favourite toys!! Thank you for not underestimating us mr. Lynch!