tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757686733306143157.post8100662126059980981..comments2024-03-24T07:04:55.449-07:00Comments on metallic imagery: formative films double feature - lost highway & mulholland drive.tomr4http://www.blogger.com/profile/11020477844000044929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757686733306143157.post-78480280252478601612013-11-05T20:37:57.336-08:002013-11-05T20:37:57.336-08:00my friend, I cannot imagine seeing eraserhead as a...my friend, I cannot imagine seeing eraserhead as a child...I'm sure that was an intense experience.<br /><br />and that sounds like quite a place to see lost highway...I was lucky enough to see a midnight screening at the landmark theatre on houston street in NYC a few years ago and it was everything I hoped it would be.<br /><br />a sign of any great artist is the ability to create art that functions on multiple levels, and lynch succeeds in spades on that front. whatever these films may mean to him, he leaves in enough ambiguity to allow the viewer space to create his or her own interpretations.<br /><br />I guess that's one reason why so many different types of people appreciate his work.tomr4https://www.blogger.com/profile/11020477844000044929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757686733306143157.post-54638778631326464902013-11-03T14:09:19.217-08:002013-11-03T14:09:19.217-08:00When Lost Highway was released, I was in York (for...When Lost Highway was released, I was in York (for some reason) and there is an old church that had been converted into a cinema. You had to walk through the graveyard (and the fog was rolling in) and there were about 50 red seats set up like a real picturehouse. And then the red curtains opened and the projectionist set the reels in motion. Sat there with my mouth wide open and I left through the graveyard thinking "what the hell has just happened to me?". A truly brilliant evening!<br /><br />When I was a kid, I used to have to take care of my brother and sister whilst my parents went out and got drunk. Bad scene but it meant that I got to watch a lot of late night stuff that I really shouldn't have been allowed to see. And, then late one night, the BBC showed Erasurehead. Oh my god, what a disturbing trainride that turned out to be! I still remember every second and every emotion that ripped out of me!<br /><br />Blue Velvet was my David Lynch VHS experience (still have it) and have bought the dvd and blu-ray since. Perhaps his signature piece for me.<br /><br />I gave up trying to disect Mr Lynch's work ages ago...I ended up dissecting myself based upon the impact that his work had upon me. I actually learned a lot about myself to be honest!badgerstumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751306209153246406noreply@blogger.com