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    David Lynch has died

    (variety.com)
    1190 points wut42 | 14 comments | 16 Jan 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source | bottom
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    handfuloflight ◴[16 Jan 25 19:04 UTC] No.42729452[source]▶
    "My childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as it's supposed to be. But on the cherry tree there's this pitch oozing out – some black, some yellow, and millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath. Because I grew up in a perfect world, other things were a contrast."

    David Lynch

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    nathcd ◴[16 Jan 25 19:26 UTC] No.42729726[source]▶
    "What a heavy load Einstein must've had. Fuckin' morons, everywhere."

    David Lynch

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    sk11001 ◴[16 Jan 25 19:32 UTC] No.42729798[source]▶
    I have never seen a single one of his movies but I love watching interviews with him, he had an amazing presence and so much energy.
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    gordon_freeman ◴[16 Jan 25 19:43 UTC] No.42729934[source]▶
    Start with "Eraserhead" and then go from there. Surreal is the word I associate with his movies and tv show (Twin Peaks) and I absolutely love watching such movies!
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    1. jimbob45 ◴[16 Jan 25 20:03 UTC] No.42730168[source]▶
    Dune or Twin Peaks are probably going to be more accessible than anything else.

    For Eraserhead, I understand the metaphor of how parenting can be larger-than-life and terrifying and I see how Eraserhead was trying to embody that but I very much didn't appreciate the highly pessimistic ending. It's an early movie that would have benefited immensely from an alternate ending on its DVD.

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    2. gordon_freeman ◴[16 Jan 25 20:10 UTC] No.42730256[source]▶
    The beauty of Lynch films is that everyone can interpret it in their own way!
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    3. DrillShopper ◴[16 Jan 25 20:13 UTC] No.42730293[source]▶
    I know what you're trying to say, but that's also true of every other movie.
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    4. Trasmatta ◴[16 Jan 25 20:15 UTC] No.42730310[source]▶
    I think there's a lot more to Eraserhead than that! I also don't really see the ending as pessimistic personally.

    Lynch: "Believe it or not, Eraserhead is my most spiritual film."

    Lean: "Elaborate on that?"

    Lynch: "No, I wont. No one sees it."

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjoMEw2RYlA

    5. msabalau ◴[16 Jan 25 20:42 UTC] No.42730628[source]▶
    The Straight Story is almost certainly his most accessible film, while also very focused on themes that he cares about.

    It isn't the elusive puzzle that many cinephiles value in his work, but it is clearly a Lynch film, even if it's not a stereotypical one.

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    6. retinaros ◴[16 Jan 25 21:24 UTC] No.42731086[source]▶
    actually it is an elusive puzzle :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa16cd5zAuc&ab_channel=KyleL...
    7. saijanai ◴[16 Jan 25 22:22 UTC] No.42731668[source]▶
    His most mainstream work is The Elephant Man, commissioned by Mel Brooks.
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    8. colmmacc ◴[17 Jan 25 00:06 UTC] No.42732570[source]▶
    The Elephant Man is great, but does have a surreal sequence, and is entirely in black and white. I'd vote for the The Straight Story, which is literally a Disney movie, being more mainstream.
    9. JKCalhoun ◴[17 Jan 25 00:44 UTC] No.42732800{3}[source]▶
    Well Lynch famously said this over and over about his films — that they mean whatever people think they mean.

    Watch a few interviews where he is asked what a film of his means. A smirk comes on his face and he repeats his mantra.

    He never let on.

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    10. turbojet1321 ◴[17 Jan 25 03:22 UTC] No.42733751[source]▶
    It also happens to be just a beautiful film.
    11. k_roy ◴[17 Jan 25 03:42 UTC] No.42733856{4}[source]▶
    I'd argue many creators are this way. Nobody is ever going to approach a piece of art the same way.

    Unless you are a narcissist (probable billionare) who feels the need to go back and explain every detail about the wizarding world you created a few decades later and reveal what kind of piece of crap you are.

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    12. deadfoxygrandpa ◴[17 Jan 25 04:52 UTC] No.42734217{5}[source]▶
    sure but david lynch obviously lent into that way more than most others. his work is famously obtuse and the experience of each person watching and having that experience and interpreting it on their own was a huge part of the point of his work in a way that just isnt true for many other people
    13. HKH2 ◴[17 Jan 25 05:50 UTC] No.42734479{3}[source]▶
    No, there's far more room for interpretation than in a typical movie.
    14. JKCalhoun ◴[17 Jan 25 13:48 UTC] No.42737465{5}[source]▶
    > you are a narcissist (probable billionare)

    These days you'll have to be more specific.