David Lynch
David Lynch is a film and television director known for his distinctive and unusual movies which are totally fucking weird.
Just The Facts
- He has directed a sizeable number of feature films, as well as the cult 1990's TV series Twin Peaks.
- His films are characterized by surreal imagery and bizarre, confusing storylines which he refuses to explain to anyone (including the actors).
- He is a staunch advocate of transcendental meditation.
A Condensed Filmography
Eraserhead (1977)
A man with an unfortunate haircut fathers a lizard-baby and observes a deformed woman inside his radiator. That shaggy guy in your college film class has an orgasm.
Dune (1984)
Kyle MacLachlan basically reenacts the Space stage of Spore, and has a contest with Sting to see who can look the most ridiculous.
Flawless victory.
Blue Velvet (1986)
Kyle MacLachlan finds a severed ear and has a hard time deciding whether or not he likes to hit women in the face. Dennis Hopper is a poor spokesman for Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Twin Peaks (1990-1991)
ABC series which lasted for two seasons. Kyle MacLachlan investigates a murder mystery in a small logging town and talks backwards to dancing midgets. America says "man, just tell us who the killer is already." ABC says "okay, here's the killer." America no longer has a particularly good reason to keep watching the show.
Thirteen years later, ABC starts airing Lost. America says "man, just tell us what's going on already." ABC doesn't fall for it this time. America says "curses," twiddles its mustache, and flies away in an airship.
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
A complex and multi-layered exploration of the dark side of Hollywood, and the nature of fantasy vs. reality. Also, there are some hot lesbians and you see their boobs.
Inland Empire (2006)
Laura Dern is an actress. Then she isn't. Then some prostitutes dance to "The Loco-Motion." Then there are some rabbits. Then this happens:
Oh, hey.
I like his work...interesting...out of the ordinary...SO tired of the mainstream BS...
ReplyHe almost directed Return of the Jedi. Egads...
ReplyHe made a film for Disney called "The Straight Story." Yes, David Lynch made a film for Disney.
ReplyI loved that movie. Cute old men on lawnmowers appeal to some dark corner of my soul.
I am not a particularly superstitious or religious individual, and I truly believe that when the chips are down, rational thought and logic will prevail. That being said, I believe that David Lynch has to be the only person in the history of the human race that has actually sat down with C'thulhu and not been sent into everlasting madness. This to me is the only possible explanation for a person like this.
ReplyI'm pretty sure they just play cards every Tuesday.
It funny that you say Inland Empire probably had a script, because it actually didn't: he wrote the thing as he was shooting.
ReplyFor Years, I have been saying "David Lynch is an asshole." he is that guy you don't really know that insists on recounting Every Single Detail from the moronic dream he had the other night that makes no sense and has no meaning, not even to him...but he enjoys his own voice so much that he basically Forces you to hear every word and sentence fragment that seemed to have significance to what-comes-down-to-Nothing.
Reply Hide All See All 8 RepliesYea, he is that asshole.
so don't watch his damn movies.
Marry me.
I ... I love you.
Seriously. I just saw his butchery of the greatest paranoid TV show of all time - "The Prisoner". What was an awesomely deep and clever commentary on how screwed up our society is, was turned into a clever piece of bullshit. I couldn't figure out what the hell he was actually doing until I read your comment.
I had a dream that I bought an iPad, and I was so pissed because it's basically just a gigantic iPod Touch, but like $200 more, and it has so little memory. So, I just used it to watch porn. See, even my DREAMS are more entertaining than his s****y movies.
Youre an idiot.
Wow so if somebody has a picture of a girl as their profile pic and has a girls name you all suck up to her because she is probably a girl?
This community is pathetic. Your not going to get laid.
I hate all of you
I'm sad for you that you can't enjoy cinema that isn't one hundred percent straight-forward. If you knew anything about the man, you'd know that out of all of the films he'd ever done, the only time he'd been directly influenced by one of his dreams was when he'd dreamed of a way he could tie together three main elements of the film he'd been working on. No scenes were influenced by dreams although they do have that dreamy atmosphere, but that's just it. That's the atmosphere he wanted. Furthermore, he's most certainly not one who "enjoys his own voice" as he's a staunch believer in letting his pictures speak for themselves. Sure, he does interviews, but does he ever give up the meaning of a more obscure film? Let's just say that the meanings behind some of his movies are still a mystery (decades later) to the actors that he's worked with in the past. Why do you think he refuses to do commentaries on any of his films? Also, I think "asshole" is a shoddy term for someone who has made some incredibly interesting films, strives to make others eternally happy and has created a whole foundation in hopes of doing so, treated his actors and film crew with respect, etc., but hey, ignorance is bliss and opinions are opinions, I guess. I wish you the best in your future film experiences. (Also, I'm just now realizing the date-stamp is from quite a while ago, so sorry. Peace.)
I'm as blank as a fart.
Replyi am the muffin
Touché
david lynch is great.
Replythe article is great, LOL, but I loved Inland Empire, for me it was a very conventional love and crime story. I uderstanded it very well....and I swear I wasn`t high....;)
ReplyDavid Lynch is a genius! The purpose of "art" is for us to get a deeper understanding of ourselves. Our reactions to Lynch's works tell us about ourselves; to do that, however, we have to go into our deepest fears, drives and motivations and set them against what Lynch has put up there for us. If we are honest, we will learn something about ourselves that we hadn't thought of before.
ReplyAnd if I could afford it I would buy the complete boxed set of "Twin Peaks". It's true classic noir.
Lynch WISHES his work was poignant enough to tell us about ourselves and reveal our insecurities. Typical hipster fantasy...
Elephant Man and Lost Highway are mysteriously missing, strange that the two he got the most critical acclaim for are left. Written from memory perhaps?
ReplyGlad somebody else noticed >.>
Lost Highway was one I was waiting to see on this list.
I describe it to people as "a dream made into a movie, complete with the stuff that makes no sense."
man. I Remember watching Inland Empire. I left the theatre and my mind was in total WTF mode for like two days. after the movie ended, everybody stayed sitted, looking at the screen, as if waiting for an explanation that would never appear.
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No Lost Highway?
ReplyHow did Lost Highway get left off this list? Too much of a plot? Or did Balthazar Getty's career black hole suck it out of existence?
ReplyI was thinking the same thing. Like exactly the same thing. Creepy.
Oh hell, are we in a Lynch movie right now? Can I say hi to my mom?
David Lynch is pure genius. He doesn't explain his films to leave them open for interpretation. That's what makes his films art as opposed to weird and confusing movies.
ReplyLoved this article. :D
If he doesn't like to explain his films... he should make em easier to understand
ReplyEraserhead is one of the best movies ever.
ReplyNever watch it while high, it will break your mind.
I was scared as s**t, when I watched that movie X__X
This is the second time in the past few weeks you morons have done a s****y article about David Lynch.
ReplyLynch's stuff isn't just weird. You can't just throw some talking animals or whatever in and say "lol this is like a Lynch movie."
Lynchian stuff is sublimely bizarre. There's a method to all the madness. It's not just weird shit.
Good to know!
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