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    David Lynch has died

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    1190 points wut42 | 12 comments | 16 Jan 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.773s | 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. scoofy ◴[16 Jan 25 21:17 UTC] No.42731015[source]▶
    Eraserhead is borderline unwatchable. I love David Lynch, sort of, but without telling people that they're about to sit down and watch an hour-and-a-half of what is effectively an unwatchable piece of avant-garde cinema, then they're not going to be able to appreciate it.

    There is nothing worse than getting excited to see a famous director's debut film, thinking you're going to have a good time, and then getting Eraserhead.

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    2. tjakab ◴[16 Jan 25 21:47 UTC] No.42731343[source]▶
    Eraserhead is highly watchable, but the first time you see it, it's best to just experience it without trying to process it too much. The nuance comes through on repeat viewings.
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    3. scoofy ◴[16 Jan 25 22:01 UTC] No.42731476[source]▶
    >Eraserhead is highly watchable

    It is a film explicitly designed to be unpleasant. This may be artistically interesting, but it's certainly no going to appeal to most people.

    4. labster ◴[16 Jan 25 22:10 UTC] No.42731552[source]▶
    I rented Eraserhead and watched with some friends in college. I loved it, and so did the other Lynch fan. The other two, well, the first words spoken over the credits were “What the actual fuck was that?” Let’s just say it’s a divisive film.
    5. monophonica ◴[16 Jan 25 22:54 UTC] No.42731950[source]▶
    If someone is not into art films, to not start with Twin Peaks is absolutely insane to me.

    First two seasons of Twin Peaks are his masterpiece IMO and his most watchable.

    Those are some of the best characters of any film/tv show ever.

    From there I would go to Lost Highway next for a stronger dose of the more out there stuff.

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    6. tpm ◴[16 Jan 25 23:02 UTC] No.42732022[source]▶
    But he didn't direct all of Twin Peaks episodes and it shows.
    7. 4ggr0 ◴[17 Jan 25 09:36 UTC] No.42735736[source]▶
    i tried watching Twin Peaks but my GenZ attention-hungy brain got really bored during the first episode. maybe i should give it another shot...

    it's not like i'm not used to watching long movies and i would call myself some form of cinephile, but for some reason Twin Peaks felt unbelievably slow.

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    8. wellthisisgreat ◴[17 Jan 25 15:00 UTC] No.42738182{3}[source]▶
    Twin peaks is incredible and Agent Cooper is a kind of a role model haha, never seen any other character like him
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    9. ascagnel_ ◴[17 Jan 25 16:54 UTC] No.42740200[source]▶
    Just start with the pilot first -- as it is, the US pilot is basically a feature-length film (it runs 1h25m), and features enough of Lynch's trademark juxtaposition of horrible and mundane, and piles on the warmth and love for his characters that set his works apart. The European cut of the pilot adds a few minutes to the end and originally aired as a TV movie, and may be worth it if you're not otherwise hooked by the show, since it features a definitive ending as well as the first appearance of the show's trademark "red room" (footage from the sequence was included in a later episode in the US).

    For me, the second step would either be The Elephant Man or Mulholland Dr. -- many of his works tackle very dark subject matter and include sexualized violence that can be downright disturbing to watch, but those two omit those elements. The Straight Story is much lighter, but largely lacks the surrealism Lynch is known for.

    10. 4ggr0 ◴[17 Jan 25 18:23 UTC] No.42741586{4}[source]▶
    maybe i should give it another shot...i'll at least finish the first episode :)
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    11. wellthisisgreat ◴[18 Jan 25 00:19 UTC] No.42744640{5}[source]▶
    Yeah, it’s certainly one of those shows that take a couple episodes to settle in but then it’s one big, sweeping impression
    12. darthrupert ◴[18 Jan 25 07:12 UTC] No.42746529[source]▶
    Most of second season of TP wasn't really Lynch.