Comment by jimbob45

Comment by jimbob45 2 days ago

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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.

Trasmatta 2 days ago

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

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msabalau 2 days ago

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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saijanai 2 days ago

His most mainstream work is The Elephant Man, commissioned by Mel Brooks.

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  • colmmacc 2 days ago

    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.

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gordon_freeman 2 days ago

The beauty of Lynch films is that everyone can interpret it in their own way!

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  • DrillShopper 2 days ago

    I know what you're trying to say, but that's also true of every other movie.

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    • JKCalhoun 2 days ago

      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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      • k_roy a day ago

        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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    • HKH2 a day ago

      No, there's far more room for interpretation than in a typical movie.

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