23-David Lynch and I
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Comparisons are fine as long as they are based on knowledge. When based on ignorance, they're annoying. When an entire society is based on ignorance, it's dangerous.
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"Blue Velvet" is a bit repulsive due to the subject matter. I will dump the lead straightaway if I am his grirlfriend...
I am thinking about checking out "Mulholland Drive" one day though.
I am thinking about checking out "Mulholland Drive" one day though.
Yeah, don't you hate it when ignorant people make smug comments that only prove their shallowness? And you know that nothing you say will ever convince them of their banality?
I almost feel sorry for Lynch, having all these disparate filmmakers compared to him. He probably couldn't care less, even if he's aware of it, but the comparisons don't reflect any better on him than they do on us.
I almost feel sorry for Lynch, having all these disparate filmmakers compared to him. He probably couldn't care less, even if he's aware of it, but the comparisons don't reflect any better on him than they do on us.
It's funny you bring up the subject of filmmakers who create original and unique work being compulsively compared to Lynch, because I had a similar experience in film school. We were supposed to make a storyboard using photographs that we shot. I chose to use black and white 35mm film and did a little narrative about a taxi in space. During it’s presentation, one of the comments I received was something along the lines of, "Oh great... another Lynch freak." It was pretty hostile. I was stunned because I hadn't thought of Lynch at all during the entire production process. I looked at it again and still couldn't see it. I asked him why he thought this, and he said, "Well, it's in black and white and uses high contrast, so..." Nothing like arrogant criticism without foundation.
As for seeing Lynch in your own films, I never really considered it, but now that you bring it up I guess I can see it, if only slightly. But your work is too diverse in form and content to be simplified as Lynchian, because I’ve seen influences in your work that range from Wavelength to Kubrick and a whole lot in between.
It’s actually kind of ironic because, for me, it’s even more difficult to pin down who your influences might have been on some of your more experimental pieces because they are so theory driven that they take on an essayistic quality.
Above all, they are experimental, and although everything is influenced by a person’s taste, by definition they are trying something new, so imitation is impossible. If they are an imitation, then they are only experimental in name.
By the by, I’m glad you’re back.
As for seeing Lynch in your own films, I never really considered it, but now that you bring it up I guess I can see it, if only slightly. But your work is too diverse in form and content to be simplified as Lynchian, because I’ve seen influences in your work that range from Wavelength to Kubrick and a whole lot in between.
It’s actually kind of ironic because, for me, it’s even more difficult to pin down who your influences might have been on some of your more experimental pieces because they are so theory driven that they take on an essayistic quality.
Above all, they are experimental, and although everything is influenced by a person’s taste, by definition they are trying something new, so imitation is impossible. If they are an imitation, then they are only experimental in name.
By the by, I’m glad you’re back.
