Start with Blue Velvet.either that or Eraserhead
The Elephant Man is his only good movie. The rest is try hard wankery.
Eraserhead was a very distressing film for me, and it's kind of hard to explain. It's not scary, and there are far more disturbing images in plenty of other movies. It affected me in a very strange way.Lynch in a nutshell
Eraserhead was a very distressing film for me, and it's kind of hard to explain. It's not scary, and there are far more disturbing images in plenty of other movies. It affected me in a very strange way.Lynch in a nutshell
Elephant Man is another one of those disability = confinement = you-have-no-role-in-society = it'd-probably-be-best-if-you-just-died flicks
Eraserhead was a very distressing film for me, and it's kind of hard to explain. It's not scary, and there are far more disturbing images in plenty of other movies. It affected me in a very strange way.
Huh? You realize it's based on an actual man, right?yeah, and that doesn't change the nature of the discourse it uses with its audience. tbf, it's not as bad as a lot of films that depict disability, but physical impairment is still seen as insurmountable tragedy and Merrick's condition is left unexplained and unnuanced. That it's "Based on a True Story" doesn't change the fact it uses modern tropes to communicate with a modern audience.
inland empire was ok til 5 min into the dream sequence it doesn't stop and ends up being 90 min long
I watched Eraserhead my last year of college. I think it was a weeknight, and I didn't have anything to do the next day, so I watched it alone in my room with all the lights out. Afterward I just felt horrible, and I really wanted to be around other human beings, but nobody was awake. I think I ended up drinking and watching a Disney movie.
Lying here in bed and I can't stop thinking about it. Not in a nightmarish way, but in a sort of trying to grasp meaning from it way. Overall though, I feel like this one had strengths and weaknesses. I didn't care for the characterization much or the pacing but the general imagery, implications and atmosphere were all great.
Pretty solid first film.