Re: David Lynch
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:21:59 +1000
me pierce wrote
>> I had a husband who was obsessed with "Blue Velvet," wanting to watch it
repeatedly every other weekend. With the exception of "Apocalypse Now"
(another of his favorite flicks) I have never seen a movie so disturbing.
I
had to often go outside for air. I can't say that I "liked" it, but I can
say
that it profoundly affected me.<<
Reminds me of a judgement I heard passed at the premiere. A young trendy
couple emerged from the darkness. `Wow ...' the female partner said. `I
think I may have hated it ...' (: It's that kind of movie, that provokes an
instant emotional response. Like you, that's what I respond to in all of
Lynch's films. As you say - they're not even movies, they're experiences.
This is even more so with `Lost Highway' in which the great challenge lies
in filling in the story for yourself. This is a mode of storytelling that
really inspires me; it's almost akin to what Tarantino did in `Pulp
Fiction' (which, to loop this back into relevancy - (: ), he says he was
inspired to do by the Glass stories) but instead of putting the story
together, you're actively participating in the creation of the story.
Good, good stuff. But not for everyone. Just like Salinger (:
Camille
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