I love this layer by layer unfolding of his style. It looks at his use of Fragmentation and Abstraction, as well as Production and Sound Design.
Lynch on Fragmentation - “I think fragments are pretty interesting. You can dream the rest. Then you’re a participant.”
And then what unfolds about Abstraction is that it means ‘the taking of ideas and expressing them in sound and image, rather than words’. This I think works on the realm of consciousness and whilst Lynch may not be everybody’s cup of tea (but then who ever is?) the thing that really speaks to me about Lynch, is that he is true to who he is, he’s not aping someone else’s style for the sake of commercialism.
As the documentary points out, it’s a call to ‘feel your way through the experience rather than understand it’. In other words, we are not expositors, but creators of experience; creating a mood as a singular cinematic experience.
Enjoy this other state of consciousness…
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I haven't seen a lot of David Lynch's movies, Geoff Hall, but he has a really unique directing style. "I think fragments are pretty interesting. You can dream the rest. Then you’re a participant.” Watching a movie where you have to piece together things is fun. And you have to pay attention so you don't miss anything.
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Maurice Vaughan Indeed, Maurice. What resonated with me, was this realisation that we are not expositors but creators of an experience. I hope that is what I can create.
I went to see ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ last night and it was a genuine cinema experience. You had to, as you said, ‘pay attention’ to the subtleties of character and action - difficult to sustain for 3 hours and 15 minutes, but well worth it - in what was a stunning piece of filmmaking and exceptional cinema.
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I love Lynch. Blue Velvet is a classic. The Elephant Man a masterpiece. Wild At Heart and Eraserhead cultish. And I love his Dune despite pubic opinion - it's awesome. Total genius.
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I'm looking forward to seeing "Killers of the Flower Moon," Geoff Hall. I've only seen the trailer. I don't want to know too much about the movie going into it. I just went to David Lynch's IMDb page. It says his upcoming project is called "Unrecorded Night" (a TV series).
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Geoff Hall, Lynch and Nolan seem to create from a similar basis that invites multi-level immersion from the audience. Do you think Scorsese is doing the same in Killers of the Lost Moon?
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Maurice Vaughan ooh, Maurice. Unrecorded Night sounds like an interesting title and will no doubt knock our socks off! Is it now in development?
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Robin Gregory Killers. I don’t think so, but not that it means it’s any less a cinema event. I won’t say too much on here, as I don’t want to spoil it for Maurice Vaughan but Martin Scorsese has created something that immerses you into this world with stunning effect and trying very hard to represent the Osage people through this trauma.
On Nolan. My son and I went to see ‘Interstellar’ last night. It is such a stunning movie and yes, with him there is always an intelligence behind how he tells a story. That whole 3D representation of 5D reality is a real brain fryer moment! Wow!
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I was 13 when Twin Peaks first aired on Israeli television. It blew my mind and completely redefined my understanding of what television can be
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"Unrecorded Night" is in production, Geoff Hall. David Lynch is the creator, writer, and director.
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Maurice Vaughan happy to hear that, Maurice!
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Oren Shved hi Oren, I love when we see things as a kid, that stick with us and influence our work later in our life.
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Thanks for share @Geoff. Awesome! Been a fan of Lynch & other Avant Garde directors since first watching films way before studied subject. He has third dimensional verisimilitude pricking the psyche of viewer to go into themselves in unexpected ways. Story observes us (in a kind of way) rather than we observe it. A master of perturbation, we’re sucked into an addictive vortex over not understanding his material. There is truth in it. Also fragmentation is intriguing. 2 take aways I’m going to experiment with “Lens Whacking” & “Slow Edit.”