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Yup, It's David Lynch's new film. That is David "Eraserhead" Lynch for whom such concerns as a plot or even a narrative are a minor concern. First of all I'd like to point out that I haven't yet seen the film, only read the reviews. I still don't know whether it is "the first classic of 2002" or "pretentious noir", a category invented for Lynch films by the Times' reviewer. Basically I am weak-willed and I want to know whether it's worth seeing.
From the reviews I've garned the following information:
It has a random lesbian sex scene in the first twenty minutes
In the final half hour all the characters swap names and become different people
It's possibly an attack on hollywood
It is a complete and utter, for want of a better word, mindfunk
I think it sounds interesting but this is a film that has divided opinion even more successfully than Magnolia. There is a complete dichotomy between those who love it passionately and those who hate it enormously. I have not read a single review that gave it 3 stars and called it middle-of-the-road.
Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after half an hour.
From the reviews I've garned the following information:
It has a random lesbian sex scene in the first twenty minutes
In the final half hour all the characters swap names and become different people
It's possibly an attack on hollywood
It is a complete and utter, for want of a better word, mindfunk
I think it sounds interesting but this is a film that has divided opinion even more successfully than Magnolia. There is a complete dichotomy between those who love it passionately and those who hate it enormously. I have not read a single review that gave it 3 stars and called it middle-of-the-road.
Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after half an hour.
Didn't he look better without the caps and shortened mister? I dunno, these fads...
misterhappy wrote:
> Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight
> budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after
> half an hour.
Yes. Go and see it.
Mouldy Cheese - 6 months late.
> Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight
> budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after
> half an hour.
Yes. Go and see it.
Mouldy Cheese - 6 months late.
Meka Dragon wrote:
but it had Balthazar Getty in it.
Who from the back looks like Charlie Sheen and from the front looks like Liev Schreiber (think that's his name - the guy from Sphere, Ransom and Huricane).
And Getty is also in Judge Dredd but I can't work out who he is in it. :-D
but it had Balthazar Getty in it.
Who from the back looks like Charlie Sheen and from the front looks like Liev Schreiber (think that's his name - the guy from Sphere, Ransom and Huricane).
And Getty is also in Judge Dredd but I can't work out who he is in it. :-D
Man I'm fickle!
I saw the name of the movie, and dismissed it immediately, guessing that it was probably some dull family drama thing.
But no, if it's Lynch, then it certainly won't be anything as average as that.
I'll wait for it to come to video I think, so I can watch it a couple of times!
Lost Highway is the one movie of his I remember clearly, not that I can understand it, but it had Balthazar Getty in it.
I saw the name of the movie, and dismissed it immediately, guessing that it was probably some dull family drama thing.
But no, if it's Lynch, then it certainly won't be anything as average as that.
I'll wait for it to come to video I think, so I can watch it a couple of times!
Lost Highway is the one movie of his I remember clearly, not that I can understand it, but it had Balthazar Getty in it.
Wild at Heart is fantastic. Utterly brilliant.
It's violent, full of sex and has Willem Dafoe with nasty teeth.
Lost Highway is...odd. I won't spoil it for you, but I was scratching my head for most of it.
But that's Lynch, you either accept you may not "get" it and just enjoy it or you hate him.
I love his stuff. Don't understand a lot of it, but I love it anyway.
It's violent, full of sex and has Willem Dafoe with nasty teeth.
Lost Highway is...odd. I won't spoil it for you, but I was scratching my head for most of it.
But that's Lynch, you either accept you may not "get" it and just enjoy it or you hate him.
I love his stuff. Don't understand a lot of it, but I love it anyway.
Well I can't say I'm a great fan of David Lynch. He just disturbs me.
I did think Blue Velvet was good but I couldn't take Eraserhead. I hated that as I had no idea as to just what the hell was going on.
An ET style baby. A woman with muffins in her cheek who lives in a radiator. A strange woman from across the hall. A man with a wierd haircut.
Sorry but that doesn't appeal to me.
And then the ending. What happened there?
I've still got Lost Highway to watch, which I have on video and I have high hopes for Wild at Heart (which I also have on video) so I'm not sure why I don't like David Lynch. It's probably that Eraserhead was the first film I ever saw of his and I despised it.
He did Dune too didn't he? I saw that years ago and I can't really remember it but I'd quite like to see it again for the sole reason, I love the games. :-D
Still, my dad is a great fan of David Lynch and he'll no doubt go see Mullholland Drive. He's been talking about it for ages.
Oh and Lynch did the PS2 ads too. I rest my case. He is just a twisted, disturbed old man. :-D
I did think Blue Velvet was good but I couldn't take Eraserhead. I hated that as I had no idea as to just what the hell was going on.
An ET style baby. A woman with muffins in her cheek who lives in a radiator. A strange woman from across the hall. A man with a wierd haircut.
Sorry but that doesn't appeal to me.
And then the ending. What happened there?
I've still got Lost Highway to watch, which I have on video and I have high hopes for Wild at Heart (which I also have on video) so I'm not sure why I don't like David Lynch. It's probably that Eraserhead was the first film I ever saw of his and I despised it.
He did Dune too didn't he? I saw that years ago and I can't really remember it but I'd quite like to see it again for the sole reason, I love the games. :-D
Still, my dad is a great fan of David Lynch and he'll no doubt go see Mullholland Drive. He's been talking about it for ages.
Oh and Lynch did the PS2 ads too. I rest my case. He is just a twisted, disturbed old man. :-D
I'll try, but it depends which till tart is on at Cineworld if I get in or not. I have read about it know, sounds good. I like film noir.
The Times had a whole side panel on interpretations of the film.. These are the one's that won't spoil the film and don't require an in depth knowledge:
-The entire film is an extended dream
-Everything takes place in a parallel universe
-It's a film within a film (I think this one's the most interesting)
-I quote "It is a subliminal metaphor for the subconscious mind"
-It's a metaphor for the decline of Hollywood
Those are the sensible interpretations, then you have two realistic ones:
-You'll have to wait for the TV series to find out (Mulholland Drive was originally intended to be a TV series but no one would touch it with a barge pole so Lynch edited the pilot into a film)
- I like this one a lot too, "It's not about anything at all. Perhaps the plot makes no sense whatsoever because it's basically about nothing, the director having thought of a random succession of surreal, lossely connected goings-on in order to thoroughly bamboozle the viewers and make them discuss the film ad infinitum until the next mind-bending piece of cinema comes along. Potentially, the joke is on us."
-The entire film is an extended dream
-Everything takes place in a parallel universe
-It's a film within a film (I think this one's the most interesting)
-I quote "It is a subliminal metaphor for the subconscious mind"
-It's a metaphor for the decline of Hollywood
Those are the sensible interpretations, then you have two realistic ones:
-You'll have to wait for the TV series to find out (Mulholland Drive was originally intended to be a TV series but no one would touch it with a barge pole so Lynch edited the pilot into a film)
- I like this one a lot too, "It's not about anything at all. Perhaps the plot makes no sense whatsoever because it's basically about nothing, the director having thought of a random succession of surreal, lossely connected goings-on in order to thoroughly bamboozle the viewers and make them discuss the film ad infinitum until the next mind-bending piece of cinema comes along. Potentially, the joke is on us."
Meant to see it Sunday night, should be seeing it either Fri or Sat.
I love Lynch movies, and this is supposed to rock.
I love Lynch movies, and this is supposed to rock.
Yup, It's David Lynch's new film. That is David "Eraserhead" Lynch for whom such concerns as a plot or even a narrative are a minor concern. First of all I'd like to point out that I haven't yet seen the film, only read the reviews. I still don't know whether it is "the first classic of 2002" or "pretentious noir", a category invented for Lynch films by the Times' reviewer. Basically I am weak-willed and I want to know whether it's worth seeing.
From the reviews I've garned the following information:
It has a random lesbian sex scene in the first twenty minutes
In the final half hour all the characters swap names and become different people
It's possibly an attack on hollywood
It is a complete and utter, for want of a better word, mindfunk
I think it sounds interesting but this is a film that has divided opinion even more successfully than Magnolia. There is a complete dichotomy between those who love it passionately and those who hate it enormously. I have not read a single review that gave it 3 stars and called it middle-of-the-road.
Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after half an hour.
From the reviews I've garned the following information:
It has a random lesbian sex scene in the first twenty minutes
In the final half hour all the characters swap names and become different people
It's possibly an attack on hollywood
It is a complete and utter, for want of a better word, mindfunk
I think it sounds interesting but this is a film that has divided opinion even more successfully than Magnolia. There is a complete dichotomy between those who love it passionately and those who hate it enormously. I have not read a single review that gave it 3 stars and called it middle-of-the-road.
Has anyone seen it, or is anyone planning to see it? I'm on a tight budget and I try not see films where I will want to walk out after half an hour.