Posted on 08/23/2016 8:16:19 AM PDT by Borges
Cinema in the early years of the 21st Century has experienced something of an existential crisis. Terms such as ‘TV-like’ or ‘television-esque’ were once intended as insults; now, in a period most commentators consider a new ‘golden age of television’ – a Don Draper here, a Walter White there – that is no longer the case. So, if television has evolved to a point where it is no longer considered an inferior art form, what does this mean for cinema?
Perhaps it is no coincidence that David Lynch’s mind-bending mystery-drama Mullholland Drive has been named by BBC Culture’s critics’ poll as the best film of the century so far. Its very roots lie in television: the film began as a failed TV pilot and was salvaged into feature-length format.
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[That is one strange flick.]
So is Eraserhead.
Blame it on Philly
To Lynch, This Is Sick City The Director Dumps On Philadelphia.
M. Night Shyamalan was raised on the other side of the tracks.
I've liked and loved some of his other work, but he does seem to be cryptic just for the heckuvit way too much.
I have watched this movie about 30 times... And I never watch movies more than two times...
It’s like a puzzle, with many pieces.
Unbelievably clever movie. Must own the cd...
Great scenes, funny clips, creepy stuff. The Winkies scene is absolutely amazing.
Can’t wait for the continuation of Twin Peaks!
Existential is popular because its the new religion. Teens aren’t using YOLO anymore, but its a step beyond secular humanism in my opinion.
If the secular humanists are doms, the existentialists are the subs, but they are of a like mindset.
I disliked Camus, but I read all of us stuff trying to get it. No Exit is a play by Satre, that describes what an existentialist would call Hell.
If you don’t matter, your actions really don’t matter, and the clock is running to no particular urgent end.
The existentialist is OK with that, for the most part. Like Atheism, it really doesn’t exist. It’s a pure philosophical pole I guess.
Like most people who claim they are atheists are just pure secular humanists who are generally pissed at God because some man or woman linked to God took advantage and damaged them, an existentialist is a secular humanist that is above competing with other humanists for things that don’t matter anyway, but sort of do.
Existentialism looks like an oasis to a sh!t-scared 19 year old in college that realizes that there are exactly zero degrees at the school they are attending that are going to get them a job when they graduate.
Here is the full list...
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films?ocid=fbcul
Haven’t watched it for many years, but IIRC while much of it was great, didn’t it rather fizzle out towards the end, as if Lynch either ran out of ideas or money and had to cut the film short?
I know, I was commenting on her aesthetics, not her politics. Yes, I’m shallow. :)
Worth the time. And I loved the 50’s stuff.
Sharknado is the best movie of all time, however.
Yes, she’s certainly a winsome lass. Her best work was in “Tank Girl” actually IMO.....(hint: go take a look at Lorrie Petty’s sidekick in the movie :0)
Have it on DVD. Great film.
Some interesting selections on that list. Some kind of shocking, but not in a normal way. I’m shocked to think Pan’s Labrynth is only 10 years old, I swear that movie has been around for 20 years. Lots of Coens and Wes Anderson, totally agree with that. I didn’t think Assassination of Jesse James was that good. I liked Inglorious Basterds but I thought Django and Hateful 8 were better. Melancholia’s an interesting pick, it’s a good movie but damn it’s depressing.
The Cowboy scene is chilling. Lynch was explaining how the politics of Hollyweird works.
“How many drivers does a buggy have?”
I watched this after watching the Twin Peaks/Fire Walk With Me run for the first time. Drive also really works as Twin Peaks: Hollywood Nights or something.
Lynch filmed a new season or two of Twin Peaks, it will showing on Showtime in the near future. What Lynch will do with an episodic show on premium cable where he won’t be censored might be pretty interesting. I think he just treats his episodic show as one big movie, that why it looks so good.
Freegards
Immmm not really....Apparently you folks don’t know what a great film is
Good gravy, that almost made sense.
And if it does, it’s a bleak outlook on the future.
Thank you for the tip! I didn’t even know Naomi was in that. My wife loves “Orange is the New Black” and Lori Petty has a role in it. I don’t think she’s held up as well as Naomi has over the years, and she had way less to begin with.
Then what is please?
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