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Maverick Film Maker David Lynch was Described as the “Master of Cinema”
The Sun ^ | January 16, 2025 | Grace Macaskill

Posted on 01/16/2025 11:09:11 PM PST by rexthecat

The US director, who was 78, died after being diagnosed with the lung condition emphysema.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: moviedirector
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To: Angelino97
Lynch redefined television. TV dramas prior to Twin Peaks were so cheap and formulaic. Lynch showed what television could be. Twin Peaks made way for such high quality, original TV epics as The Sopranos, Lost and Game of Thrones.

I agree his greatest legacy was the television show Twin Peaks not his films.

I really liked Twin Peaks as well as The Sopranos.

I have never seen Lost or Game of Thrones.

I see a similarity between Twin Peaks and the Sopranos, in that they were both great television that run out of gas in the end.

21 posted on 01/17/2025 11:11:47 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: Biblebelter
So did Game of Thrones. A slow decline from a great first season to a legendarily awful final season.
22 posted on 01/17/2025 11:22:52 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: FLT-bird

Always some sort of hidden activity behind ostensible normality.


23 posted on 01/17/2025 11:54:40 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Angelino97
That's true. I remember all the dull cookie cutter cops shows set in Southern California, all filmed during the '70s and '80s. The colors were always washed out, and the air tinged with smog, and they featured extreme overuse of the zoom lens. The stars always sported well coiffed hair, sprayed down with aerosol hair glue.

Yes, I'll give Lynch his props for getting away from that boring mold.

24 posted on 01/17/2025 1:28:52 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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Chris Elliot did a hilarious double satire, targeting both sitcoms and cops shows of that era, called Action Family.

It really captures the feel of those shows.

25 posted on 01/17/2025 2:36:38 PM PST by Angelino97
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Angelino97 #25 writes:
"Chris Elliot did a hilarious double satire, targeting both sitcoms and cops shows of that era, called Action Family.
OMG! That is the absolute BEST thing I've looked at all week. It captures every schlock genre of the 70s and 80s and wraps it up in one place.

The music is hysterical:

That clearly was Chris Elliot's masterwork, including the Letterman cameo. Unbelievably creative and insightful.

And it's total lack of saturated color, a dull Eastman color pastel mess. Wow—so 70s and 80s.

Thanks so much for sharing that! 20 years of crap lampooned to perfection. 👍

26 posted on 01/17/2025 3:27:20 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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Chris Elliott made two specials for Cinemax at about the same time (hence Letterman's "They'll put anything on cable." quip).

One was Action Family. The other was FDR: A One Man Show.

27 posted on 01/17/2025 7:34:03 PM PST by Angelino97
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