After seeing Blue Velvet for the first time last night, and being completely blown away, I have just purchased the David Lynch boxset from play.com for £15.

It features the films Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and Lost Highway - 2 of which I have heard good things about.

Anyone else like him/his films?

Never really heard of him... I think... or maybe I'm getting confused because we used to have a player called Simon Lynch....

Uno--you have to see Wild at Heart.

Uno--you have to see Wild at Heart.


I second that.

I also loved Twin Peaks, without which I would have never got to see Lara Flynn Boyle..................

:bone:

wild at heart is one of my favourite films ever

Got all his stuff, love him!

You must surely have seen The Elephant Man?

I cry like a wee bairn at that one.

Twin Peaks is superb (I'm one of the many thousands who have petitioned for Season 2 to be released on DVD)

Slighty off the wall, but a throughly beautiful film nonetheless is 'The Straight Story' - Watch it and weep!

Eraserhead is one fucked up film though and some of his films just leave too much unanswered to be enjoyable. That being said Wild at heart is a cracking film.

Mullholland Drive is very good.

I think all his films are fantastic.......except maybe Dune !!

come on dune is tiptop, lost high way is maybe even too weird for me eraser head and blue velvet are topnotch filims tho.

Wild At Heart bored me to tears, but with Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Elephant Man, and the hugely underrated Lost Highway, he has evidence of fractured genius.

If you're hardcore Lynch fan - watch On the Air.

Made Twin Peaks seem normal.


Dune should have been better, but studio fuckups ruined it.

Did anyone like The Straight Story? *edit - I see Mr Biscuit liked it

Me and my gran saw it at the cinema and both loved it. That's no mean feat.
Still - Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet and Dune were all class.
Can't make my mind up about Lost Highway.

Not a fan. I hate Lynch for what he did to Dune, no true lover of sci-fi or Frank Herbert could ever forgive him for that. Although I will grudgingly admit his other works do seem to be quite highly regarded.

I absolutely love David Lynch.
My favorite is Lost Highway, which I had to watch about 30 times to understand.

I've been a fan ever since I first saw Eraserhead. He's had some failures (Twin Peaks film, Dune) but I think he is a fantastic filmaker and artist.

The Twin Peaks series was fantastic TV and Blue Velvet one of my favourite films ever. The Straight Story, Lost Highway, Mullholland Drive, Elephant Man, Wild at heart all great films too IMO.

Can't wait till his next film. Eraserhead is my fave because it is just very .... disturbing.

Odd man though, for years he went to the same coffee shop every day and had the same breakfast sitting in the same seat.

Fractured genius is about right. The only film he's made I don't really like is Dune, but even in that Sting made me laugh. I always liked the way Mel Brooks described him as being like James Stewart from Mars.

i hope he dies of something contagious and painful. i hate him with a passion. he is over rated, weird, cooky and crap. and he leaves so much out of his films that, like said before, its hard to enjoy.

twin peaks wasnt bad though but still pretty weird. i dont weird films but he just has an annoying as hell style. i personally feelthat msot people like his movies because they feel they should... liking it cause if you dont your 'missing something' and are therefore stupid. no... he is a cult movie maker and weird for weird sake.

Other people would call that conceptual art Skelly.

His films make me feel uncomfortable, but I like his style. Wild at heart is a masterpiece, IHMO

Am a much larger fan of Dune than I clearly should be. Mulholland Drive works for me on the level I can understand through its tone and mood. It clearly relies on a far greater knowledge of the films it homages and pays tribute to in order to take away much more. But as with many Lynch films I'm a little wary of regarding it too highly as there is that trademark wilful (and almost pretentious) err... yeah wackiness? Anybody remember the Playstation 2 Third Place adverts? Blue Velvet strikes me as being pretty simple subject wise. Ultimately isn't it just trying to say something about what lies beyond that cleancut 50's Americana Lynch loves so much? That shot with the man digging up his garden to reveal the worms somehow sums up the entire movie. I champion it for by far including what I would consider the most terrifying single moment in cinema ever. But I wont say which bit.

Mullholland Drive least we forget was made initially for TV hence the initial depth and laterally, after it was canned by the execs, finnished off by Lynch. For me that's what spoils it, It isn't one thing or another.

Seeing the boobs of Angel from Home and Away fulfilled a childhood fantasy though, so for that I say a big thank you.

Other people would call that conceptual art Skelly.

tru dat true dat... bah! imbeciles the lotta them! :))

I absolutely love David Lynch.
My favorite is Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with me, which answered everything the series didn't.

Came across an excellent David Lynch quote-

Censors tend to do what only psychotics do - they confuse reality with illusion

Out of curiosity I had a look at the BBFC (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/) site, they haven't chopped a frame out of his work.
I think he was refering to TV censors and Twin Peaks.

Anyway, it's an interesting site ^ reading what they made of movies like Kids and Crash. They're a lot more diplomatic and less stuffy than I imagined.

David Lynch is one of the very few artists working today who I would call a genius. Dune reeked, as did Wild at Heart--but Lost Highways, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks--Fire Walk With Me are among the greatest American films ever made.

Lynch is only good when he works with his own material.

Dune was his own material, it certainly wasn't fucking Herberts. The Wanker! /drunken rant

I think of David Finch playing in TV sitcom "Just Shoot Me", sorry had to say it...

Yup, I like him. I was lucky enough to see Mulholland Drive free at the University of Wisconsin memorial union back in my college days. I guess Mr. Lynch lives in Madison, at least some of the time, because the guys at my video store told me about how he came in once in awhile. And my brother was fortunate enough to meet him a couple times.

I watched Mulholland Drive for the first time last night. I thought it was awesome - and actually more unnerving than a lot of so-called horror films. It's one of those films that just makes you feel uncomfortable, and you can't pinpoint why.

I think I'm probably going to have to watch it again. I mean, I 'think' I get it, but I'm not too sure. Either way, quality stuff.

Love Him

And Yes, I Love Dune Too...


Twin Peaks Is Even Better Then His Films IMO, And Thats Saying Something!

Ive Petitioned For Season 2 As Well. I hate Watching the Great Quality DVD And Then Having To Watch The 2nd Season From Old Lower Quality Videos

I just have one scene from Mulholland Drive haunting me at the moment.

The bit where the guy in the restaurant thingy is talking about the dream he had... and it all starts to come true. You know the bit..

Chilling stuff.

Think i'm gonna watch Lost Highway tonight..

Lost Highway now made even more chilling by the real-life controversy surrounding actor Robert Blake.

Just watched Lost Highway..

err.. eh?

Uno - kick back, skin up, and chill out to The Straight Story.

Beautifully shot, gorgeous music, and - most oddly - a straight story.

"What do you want a grabber for, Alvin?"
"Grabbing!"

I hated Eraserhead and Dune, the man is a wanker. If you gave a video camera to a monkey it would come up with the same proportion of "near genius" cinematic moments.

Really? The monkey would come up with:

"We've met already. At your house. In fact--I'm there right now."

"She's dead--wrapped in plastic..."

"They're not even sure if it IS a baby!"

"Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

"Chug-a-lugg, Donna."

"Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilencio......"

That's one scary fucking monkey.

Oi, less a the monkey, mate! Half of cor-innit's posts are written by a cane toad.

(there's a punchline, NYC) :yes:

Hey taint - cool avatar - what an album!

Hello Mr B. /me lurves Calexico

What does that mean Taint???

I forgot about the, 'The Straight Story' a masterpiece and it's one of those films that will never age. Anyone got any tissues?

What does that mean Taint???

Eh? Oh, well. Anything to be helpful:

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Used to refer to the one, thing, or type specified as follows: The relics found were those of an earlier time.
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Used to indicate the farther or less immediate one: That is for sale; this is not.
Used to emphasize the idea of a previously expressed word or phrase: He was fed up, and that to a great degree.
The one, kind, or thing; something: She followed the calling of that which she loved.
those Used to indicate an unspecified number of people: those who refused to join.
Used as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause, especially a restrictive clause: the car that has the flat tire.

In, on, by, or with which: each summer that the concerts are performed.
According to what; insofar as: He never knew her, that I know of.

adj. pl. those
Being the one singled out, implied, or understood: that place; those mountains.
Being the one further removed or less obvious: That route is shorter than this one.

adv.
To such an extent or degree: Is your problem that complicated?
To a high degree; very: didn't take what he said that seriously.

conj.
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Idioms:
at that
In addition; besides: lived in one room, and a small room at that.

Right, that is probably the most fucked up box sets of films I have ever seen.

Mulholland Drive whilst fucking my head up seriously was fucking awesome, but I'm not too sure about Lost Highway.

Eraserhead was good, but I don't know if I could watch it again.

Uno--you have to see Wild at Heart.

Recently bought this for a tenner ackshally. Very good film, although not quite up there with Mulholland Drive IMO.

After seeing Blue Velvet for the first time last night, and being completely blown away, I have just purchased the David Lynch boxset from play.com for £15.

It features the films Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and Lost Highway - 2 of which I have heard good things about.

Anyone else like him/his films?

Yeah I do. "Ble Velvet" and "Ersaserhead" are masterpieces. Haven't seen Mullholland Drive yet. Was very unimpressed with "Lost Highway" though.

"Elephant Man" is another of my favourites of his.

I guess for Mr Lynch's sake it is good that most of you liked Blue Velvet. it bored me. I didn't watch it all. Too boring and predictable.