tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377001157196437664.post7383652325260101707..comments2013-07-19T18:04:18.232-07:00Comments on Cavaliers Do Cinema: David Lynch's Overlooked Trilogy?Cavaliers Do Cinemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01154129385662408859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377001157196437664.post-27820905538134199312013-07-19T18:04:18.232-07:002013-07-19T18:04:18.232-07:00Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
I also ...Thanks so much for reading and commenting.<br />I also really hope Lynch makes something else soon but I'm not quite sure how it would go at this stage. I like Inland Empire in many ways, particularly the way the narrative threaded together even more intricately then FWWM/LH/MD, but it didn't have anywhere near the visual punch of these films. I suppose if he can strike a balance between the fluidity of Inland Empire and the visual strength of these three then we could have another masterpiece. Who knows?<br />Also if you're interested in Mulholland Dr. we did a podcast on it a year ago. Its a bit scattered and all over the place... but that kind of fitting.Cavaliers Do Cinemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154129385662408859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377001157196437664.post-20172426174952494062013-07-17T06:13:09.687-07:002013-07-17T06:13:09.687-07:00Very awesome article! I agree with so much of what...Very awesome article! I agree with so much of what you have written.<br /><br />I saw Twin Peaks FWWM before seeing any episodes of the TV show and I loved it. After watching the series twice in the past ten years, I love it even more.<br /><br />As an artist myself, one of the biggest influence in my work is Lynch. And what I take away from him the most is his, as you put it, "constant refusal to draw a clear line between the real and the subconscious that makes these films continually frustrating but also keeps them powerful for years to come."<br /><br />To me, in art and in life, there is not a clear line between ordinary reality, and non-ordinary reality (the world of dreams, subconscious, fiction, movies, etc). Of course this computer is real in way that my subconscious isn't, but aren't all the words I'm typing filtered through, maybe even driven by/inspired by my subsconscious? And isn't the fact that I even showed up at this site because Lynch's 'fake' movies moved me so deeply that 20 years after seeing Lost Highway I still seek out discussions about it? These non-real things Lynch deals with drive actions, and the result of said actions become real world things and relationships and behaviors. <br /><br />So to me, Lynch is right in not drawing that clear line. There isn't one. Ideas aren't tangibly real, neither are feelings, but they drive the world forward, and backwards. Life is a moebus strip. What happens to Betty IS what happens to Diane. We want to label them as different, or real or not real, but there really is no distinction as far as Diane in concerned. <br /><br />Lynch turned me on to this way of seeing art, and the world in general. If you can get to the point where you stop needing to define things as either real or not real, his movies make perfect sense. I don't struggle with them at all anymore. <br /><br />Lynch gets it in a way that almost no one else does. Werner Herzog spoke about the difference between truth and fact. Lynch gets at the truth of a character's existence - not the factual content of their 3D world. <br /><br />I wish he'd make another. Bravo to you on this great article. Look forward to more from you guys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150148321834873217noreply@blogger.com