Mulholland Drive is one of my all-time favorites. Top 10 for me. Many have not reacted well to it, but I thought it was a masterpiece. Lynch's direction and Naomi Watts' performance were mesmerizing. A second or third viewing is definitely a good idea. SPOILERS It was originally considered for a TV series like Twin Peaks, but it worked out quite well as a standalone film. I honestly think Mulholland Drive is David Lynch's best work. Just the way I initially interpreted the scene in which Naomi Watts' and Justin Theroux's characters' eyes meet followed by an extended glare demonstrates his genius in direction. It initially seems suggestive that they may have some sort of love at first sight glance, but the bit of awkwardness and the knowledge of the rest of the story completely altered my perspective of what that moment truly meant. Is this real, or has the dream of a jealous, desperate person been disrupted? As we heard in the bar, was it all an illusion? Really fantastic stuff. Naomi Watts didn't even get an Oscar nomination of this, proving once again the Academy is largely composed of morons. Also, here's the odd fact of the day: The documentarian Louis Theroux I just happened to have posted about in this very thread is a cousin of actor Justin Theroux, who played the director character Adam Kesher in Mulholland Drive.
The movie is a complete mindfuck, and if you can just embrace that, you're in for a wild ride. But not everyone is so open minded.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol: Saw this last night and it was quite enjoyable. Much better than MI3.
I loved Mulholland Drive also, one of my top ten and I've only watched it once. I'll definitely give it a second watch soon enough. I did watch Inland Empire the other month expecting at least some of the brilliance to be there. All I got was 3 hours of torture.... What an intense, horrible and non-sensible movie. Severely disappointed by that one. Blue Velvet was pretty good but a little bit of an acquired taste maybe. Lost Highway pretty much the same but I felt myself a little more immersed in it. I'm currently watching the first season of Twin Peaks also and finding it quite good so far, I'm expecting it to get a lot more weird though so I hope it delivers.
mulholland dr was a fun movie. hot steamy lesbian sex and a Naomi watts masturbation solo. there can be no greater scenes than that. One thing that killed me was how Lynch handled the dvd release of that movie. I bought it when it came out and it didnt hit the new release sales like DVDs normally do. and everybody priced that thing at 24.99 wtfff. and Lynch didnt allow chapter selection on the dvd either. What an asshole.
Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and The Elephant Man are among my favorites. The Straight Story is also very good, although it has a much more traditional structure and was for Disney if I remember correctly. So strange to think of Lynch and Disney working together. Regarding Twin Peaks, it's quite good, although you'll have to be willing to surrender to it's weirdness and awkwardness. It's quirkiness at times can be rather painful to watch; I wish they had left out a few of the characters, particularly Nadine, although in a TV series you're bound to find a character or two you don't like. On the other hand, Special Agent Dale Cooper is probably one of my favorite characters ever in a TV show. And the female cast was also a sight to behold. Mädchen Amick, Joan Chen, and Sherilyn Fenn in particular had me spellbound in the 90s.
Naomi Watts and Laura Harring had great romantic chemistry. The lesbian scenes were really passionate and intense, and I thought they made an adorable couple.
He probably did that just to piss off perverts like you and cmdr who just want to skip to the sex scenes . They were mighty hot though... very, very convincing, but maybe that's just me being a typical guy. Hot girls always wind up sleeping together if they hang out long enough. Yep, that's how it works.
I was deciding between The Elephant Man and Eraser Head as to which one I would watch next. My friend says Eraser Head is hard to watch, so I'll give The Elephant Man a go. Twin Peaks is almost a parody of a soap opera. I'm sure this is intentional in both it being a parody and actually following the soap opera formula seriously also. Either way, I find that it works, despite many of the annoying and quirky characters and over the top acting. Agent Dale Cooper really is an awesome character and I agree that the female cast is damn stunning, despite the dated fashion/styles. Then again I think I just love anything that's a bit tragically 90's as it's incredibly nostalgic for me.
Eraserhead is pretty weird even by Lynch standards, but you may want to watch it eventually. It has a strong following from Lynch fans, but you need to be in the mood for something that is..."challenging." I'd recommend checking out The Elephant Man next. It's really a superb movie. It is one of his more accessible movies, and the acting is fantastic, which is the result one would expect when you combine the directing talents of Lynch and the acting talents of Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, and Anne Bancroft. If you want to see one of Lynch's most accessible films, try The Straight Story. Farnsworth was excellent. Lynch and Disney sound like the oddest of couples, but it worked out quite well. There is another key character in Twin Peaks I thought was fantastic as well, someone who had audiences terrified in the early 90s, but I don't want to say anything until after you've watched it. Also, do not watch the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me until you've seen the series. The movie focuses primarily on the last days of Laura Palmer. BTW, you'll notice lots of references in Alan Wake after you've watched Twin Peaks. Remedy quite clearly contains some Lynch fanboys, although they do not have the talent to mimic his storytelling. Closer to Stephen King movies than Lynch.
I've heard about the strong references in Alan Wake, but I've only played about an hour of it so that doesn't tell me much one way or the other. The other game people say is inspired by it is Silent Hill 2. Now I'm not sure if they just mean the setting or something beyond that... This really has me curious exactly how far Twin Peaks will go into the supernatural. It really is odd the way I have heard all these vague comparisons from media made well after the series and then have no idea what to expect, it's very backwards and I hope I'm not expecting something else of it. I understand and love Lynch's typical scare style by now so I guess that's the sort of thing I'm counting on. So far that's exactly what I've seen.
I don't mean Alan Wake is some sort of video game version of Twin Peaks. Elements of the setting, characters, ect. were inspired by Twin Peaks. Example: The game plays more like Resident Evil with shadow shields. The mood of Twin Peaks is usually light, but there are some genuinely frightening moments. There's a particular character that scared the bejesus out of people, especially for a TV show. In fact, I'd argue that the most frightening moment in (network) TV history was related to a scene featuring this character. I'm not even sure how they convinced the network to air it. I'd never seen anything close to that terrifying on a TV show, although I was admittedly a teenager at the time. I'll be curious to see what you think of it considering it's over 20 years later now.
Or just skip Fire Walk With Me regardless. It doesn't have the same feel as the series, and doesn't really add much of value in terms of the Laura Palmer story.
Attack the Block: I wasn't expecting much and it turned out to be pretty entertaining. A different take on the alien invasion theme, the only thing that was a bit annoying was the language. Even being from South London myself and hearing kids talk like that as you walk past them in the street it can take a bit of effort to keep up. Would probably recommend a watch to anyone who wants to watch an alien flick and a slight bit of comedy.
Twin Peaks is on netflix, so I'll probably start watching that next. I've seen parts of The Elephant Man on cable, but I've never watched it all the way through.
The Grey: Survival film in the icy wilderness with Liam Neeson while himself and a few survivors from a plane crash have to survive against a Den of man killing wolves. Really enjoyed this film. 8/10
wouldn't be hard if it aired on certain cable stations like USA or TBS/ TNT (back in the day) are you sure it was network?
Ya, it was on ABC. We never had cable back when I was a kid and I watched Twin Peaks so I remember it clearly. Hell.. the theme song still haunts my brain.