David Lynch dead at 78

  On 1/17/2025 at 4:59 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

If y’all haven’t seen this, legendary bit of cinema …

(from Wikipedia)
“Lumière and Company (original title: Lumière et compagnie) is a 1995 anthology film made in collaboration between forty-one international film directors. The project consists of short films made by each of the filmmakers using the original Cinématographe camera invented by the Lumière brothers…

(rules)

1. A short may be no longer than 52 seconds

2. No synchronized sound 

3. No more than three takes “

 

Big surprise, Lynch’s was the best.

Again, this was all shot on one single take. He had someone opening and closing a panel of some form to create the “cut to black” transitions while repositioning the camera to another staged scene. Truly brilliant. 
My favorite part is the “LIGHT IT” transition with the actual fire wipe. So good. 

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Was always so impressed by this little piece. I watched the other 60 or so films that were part of this series and they did nothing for me.

Rewatching it now I spotted a shadowy figure in the window of the last scene which I'd never noticed before.

Just the best. The world is a sadder, less imaginative place without him.

His work has been so incredibly important to me for so long.. even knowing he lived such a long and full life it is still really sad to me to think that he's no longer in the world. It's lovely to see everyone's stories and tributes. So rare and beautiful for an artist whose work was that abstract to be so universally loved. I'm not the first to make the comparison but it reminds me a lot of Autechre how despite his experimental auteur status he always seemed to be just doing what he loved, free of pretense, being the most genuine version of himself and making art out of a deep love for the medium.

  On 1/17/2025 at 3:29 PM, Real Human Bean said:

Rewatching it now I spotted a shadowy figure in the window of the last scene which I'd never noticed before.
 

Oh shit! I’ve seen this maybe a hundred times (I picked it up on vhs when it was relatively new) and NEVER saw that before. I was always so wrapped up in the emotion of the exchange between the actors getting/delivering the bad news. Thanks!

Big Boy memorial 

  On 1/16/2025 at 10:23 PM, prdctvsm said:

 

 

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I watched this not too long ago and highly recommend it to any fan who hasn't. sure, we all know the famous story of him moving to Philadelphia in the '70s and its impact on him. this documentary shares a ton more about his childhood, early influences before he got to Philadelphia, and pieces together what led him to become the artist we all know. also some great shots of him at work in his home studio.

besides being a very talented visual and aural artist, I respected his dedication to and love of discussing and promoting meditation. we are lucky to have access to many of his interviews on youtube, where he does an excellent job of explaining how this ancient technique helped him on both a personal and professional level. anyone who practices meditation regularly will intuitively get so much of what he says...I'm impressed with how well he can articulate the effects of the practice. personally, I don't think that the flavor of mediation he was dedicated to - transcendental meditation - is necessarily the best avenue. but it all overlaps on some level with the other more popular breathing or insight techniques. Lynch was one of those people on this planet that was able to successfully tap into the source/void from which all beings come from through meditation, and successfully channel the positive effects of the practice into very unique artistry (David Bowie is another one that comes to mind). he was not shy about admitting this and advocating that the secret sauce to life is found through positivity. enjoying life to the fullest despite all the negativity around us is the whole point.

RIP David Lynch

Thought a day later would make it easier to find words to describe how much of a loss that feels to me, but it is not getting any easier...
Important people and artists leave us all the time, but to me, I can count the cases of artists' passing which had/will have an enormous impact on me on the fingers of one hand and this was unfortunate one of them. I could write pages about his films seeing he is my favourite director by far, but I'll just unite my voice with everyone, mourning this legend.
I think the sheer volume of tributes within just 24 hours from fans of his work, creative people everywhere, mainstream media all the way to NASA is unprecedented and merely highlights the empty space created now he is gone.
Even though he has produced a significant body of musical work too, he used to say he doesn't think of himself as a musician despite loving being around them.
And while people always talk about about the "weird" and the "absurd" etc. I think it's often understated how fucking emotional and warm his work is. Through all the curtains and the darkness, there is always a soul glowing, so may his rest in peace, living in dreams, forever after...

Yesterday's New Yorker cartoon

Here's a nice documentary from Arte for french speaking Watmmers (and I guess there's a German version somewhere since Arte is half french/half german)

I hate to admit that I'm largely ignorant in regards to his work. But I do remember watching Inland Empire a while back, even though I didn't quite understand it. There was an unsettling surrealism from certain scenes that stuck with me though.

Obviously he's to credit for the first-ever attempt at a film adaptation of Dune as well, even though I haven't watched it. I also remember that he was salty about Villeneuve taking up the mantle in recent years.

Anyway, RIP legend

I feel like this guy is responsible.

Also posting some of my favorite Twin Peaks The Return Lynch images.

one of my fav clips of david lynch. 

The atmospheres in his work are inimitable. Lynch was a one-off. R.I.P.

This hit REALLY hard on Thursday as was already dealing with family related grief.

As with many here, the impact of Lynch and his work on my formative years was (and still is) huge.  Not really a day goes by when I don't think about something related to his work.  Obviously Twin Peaks, but also Mulholland Drive as possibly my favourite film of all time.  And his take on Dune had a profound impact on me at a young age too (I had read all the books from the library and then marvelled at the movie) -obviously I learned later it wasn't the version the director wished to release, but still...

I guess most of us here can appreciate his sound work as well the visuals. Together with the likes of Tarantino in the modern world; the Lynch soundtracks were as big as the movies themselves.  And then his personal work and collaborations; ill never forget this one:

This loss will take a while to process even though we kinda all knew it was coming.  The other big David (Bowie) came as quite a shock but this I felt was just always around the corner.  Lynch taught us to dream big, take our time and formulate the best version of art as we see it. I will carry that with me as I go on. 

I'll close out with this masterpiece which hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet: 

  On 1/20/2025 at 10:28 PM, prdctvsm said:

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Oh man. Such legendary shit right there.  
I just listened to the Traveling Wildburys episode on this Beatles podcast I’m a fan of (worth your time… I love the Beatles… h8rz b h8n). I’m also a HUGE Roy Orbison fan.
I love everything about the podcast (except the dreadful theme music), but they attribute Roy’s return to fame in the mid-late 80s to George Harrison’s plucking him from obscurity for the Wildbury project, completely failing to acknowledge the importance of Blue Velvet being a massive boost in Roy’s exposure for a new generation. He ended the 80s and rounded out his life enjoying a return to form and prominence, largely because DL heard him on the radio while he was producing blue velvet. Ooby Dooby bro. 

Just watched Blue Velvet, It feel so sweet and innocent. God I want to live in that ending 

I watched lost highway... damn Patricia Arquette is one of the most attractive women ever... that strip scene with Marilyn Manson playing is something else... 

  On 1/21/2025 at 12:48 AM, cruising for burgers said:

one of the most attractive women ever...

  On 1/22/2025 at 2:27 AM, prdctvsm said:

 

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blue horse