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Opens in NYC tomorrow. I'm up for a re-viewing, but not this week.

http://notcoming.com/screeninglog.php?id=1612

http://www.davidlynch.com/coffee/

http://www.inlandempirecinema.com/

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

Can't beat the cow.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

What's more, December 3rd is now David Lynch Day in Cambridge, MA. What this entails, well, the mind boggles...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brattle/314393190/

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/102/314393174_f12a5c3b3c.jpg

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

psyched!

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

I particularly urge not reading past the first couple paragraphs of reviews til you've seen this (Dargis' rave in NYT today, for one) for maximum jaw drops.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

Lynch the other night in NYC, introducing Vertigo, on cheese and his future:

"I've never done a studio picture. Someone asked me that this afternoon. And you can change it to, 'Do you think you'll ever poke a sharp knife through your chest?' And it could happen."

http://www.thereeler.com/premieres_events/coffee_cheese_and_vertigo_lynch.php

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder if he still does his weather reports whilst on the road.

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

"So Eric -- he's not here; he's in an airplane -- but anyway, a guy who works with me said, 'You should have your own line of coffee.' And one thing led to another. So this is David Lynch Signature Cup coffee. Very, very good. I take about 20 cups a day. It is a very good thing for theaters. Film houses should have good coffee."

― paresthesia hilton (get bent), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

apparently david lynch sings the song in the trailer?

― deep space nine (deep space nine), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

Also, if anyone spots Nastassja Kinski in this thing, yell bingo -- I didn't.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 December 2006 05:54 (nineteen years ago)

i would take a bullet for david lynch

― latebloomer's ice rink of martyrdom (clonefeed), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

wtf with your hero worship people?

― remy bean (bean), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:06 (nineteen years ago)

i'd take a bullet for you as well

― latebloomer's ice rink of martyrdom (clonefeed), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:11 (nineteen years ago)

hell, i'm up for bullet-taking anytime, anywhere

― latebloomer's ice rink of martyrdom (clonefeed), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:11 (nineteen years ago)

A world without heroes
Is like a world without sun
You can't look up to anyone
Without heroes
And a world without heroes
Is like a never ending race
Is like a time without a place
A pointless thing devoid of grace

Where you don't know what you're after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know
In a world without heroes

In a world without dreams
Things are no more than they seem
And a world without heroes
Is like a bird without wings
Or a bell that never rings
Just a sad and useless thing

Where you don't know what you're after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know

In a world without heroes
There's nothing to be
It's no place for me

― latebloomer's ice rink of martyrdom (clonefeed), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

i told a high school girlfriend i'd take a bullet for her once, and she told me she wished i would :(

― remy bean (bean), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

save the cheerleader and shit

― remy bean (bean), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:22 (nineteen years ago)

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:37 (nineteen years ago)

you guys make lynch look sane

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 9 December 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

So, those who have seen it, can someone convince me it wasn't a mistake for Lynch to go DV? I'm not really impressed with the look as showcased in the trailer.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 December 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

I think I said on the NYFF thread that the gritty dirty look just heightens the dread -- content and style say "I do." It's a good change from the pristine images of Frederick Elmes (one reason I've never signed on to the alleged greatness of Blue Velvet -- OH,

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

THE WRIGGLING WORMS BENEATH THE BEAUTY OF SUBURBIA!).

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2006 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

This was very, very good.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 10 December 2006 11:33 (nineteen years ago)

Although I disagree with the people who say you should just let the film wash over you and not worry about plot coherence. I found I was able to enjoy the look/sound/feel of the characters/scenes as well as comprehend a lot of what was going on.

Also, the people sitting behind us in the theatre were laughing throughout the movie at the most inappropriate times.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 10 December 2006 11:41 (nineteen years ago)

and you didn't tell them to go home and watch Lost?

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Oh the ZING!

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Monday, 11 December 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

I can't stand Lost! There's no end in sight for that show.

I did "confront" them at the end of the movie, and I got a "you'll get over it, buddy."

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

One of my intro to film classes screened "Blue Velvet" and it was pretty painful in that auditorium. You could barely hear the movie at times over the snickering.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

WHAT.

I WOULD KILL ALL THIS STUPID PEOPLE.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Monday, 11 December 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)

Hippies :(

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:12 (nineteen years ago)

i'm still processing this. it felt much longer than it was, and in some respects the length and slllowww pacing annoyed me (i had to pee, and my cell phone rang towards the end, d'oh!) and in other respects i appreciated that i was getting a lot of david lynch for my $11. everything was very very beautiful, all the decay and the garishness and the awkwardness. but there was definite self-indulgence and overwroughtness there too. there are times when the "you just have to GO WITH lynch" stipulation is way OTM, but i hope people aren't using that as a way of saying "i'm not sure if i liked it, but i don't want to tell anyone i hated it because i'll look like one of the great unwashed who don't 'get' these sortsa art fillums."

i want to watch it again sometime when i don't have to pee.

― boo you whore (get bent), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

b-b-but Blue Velvet is totally funny!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

(I mean its disturbing too, but don't act like there isn't plenty to laugh at - Frank Booth, the fake bird, MacLachlan being a clueless tool, etc.)

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:39 (nineteen years ago)

ALSO RAPE IS HILARIOUS.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I am aware that it is funny at times. Thank you for your help. I was referring to people being douchey and laughing at totally inappropriate moments. Giggling college kids, "intro to film", etc etc.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

(xp) Don't act like rape isn't hilarious.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

anyway with lynch i know audience discomfort is part of his whole sociopath-sadist trip so i thought it added to the er um experientialness of it all.

― boo you whore (get bent), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

multiple xposts

― boo you whore (get bent), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

oh I was being totally serious. xxpost

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, so throughout the film you are seeing the same set of people in different times/days, in different identities, in conscious and subconscious moments, in reality and parallel reality, but you aren't really able to distinguish one from the other. I agree there are plenty of moments that are just "there" which you can't pin down to a plot, but now I'm thinking the seemingly random house party at the end with all the characters together seems to suggest that life is at its most joyous when all these alternate/parallel worlds somehow collide.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 11 December 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

Great sound design, as usual. I thought the long discussion of the bus schedule was the best absurdism I've seen in awhile.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

but don't act like there isn't plenty to laugh at - Frank Booth, the fake bird, MacLachlan being a clueless tool, etc.

don't forget the chicken walk

― this is cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

there are times when the "you just have to GO WITH lynch"

And then there are other times, like Wild at Heart.

someone who likes Blue Velvet lots more than I do claims that Frank Booth is truly SCARY, not funny. I really think D.L. was going for the former.

I have forgotten the chicken walk.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

I like Wild at Heart.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

The frequently asinine exchanges between characters, for example, only strike us as such because we're not used to hearing the kind of aimless talk we enage in daily in movies. And if we closely examine Jeffrey and Sandy's tentative romance, we realize how mannered young love can be. Jeffrey's offer to demonstrate his "chicken walk" for Sandy, apart from being a uniquely eighties gesture, draws attention to itself because of its astounding sincerity. The mystery itself is similarly routine, anticlimactic in its solution, yet it only seems that way in relation to other pictures about small-time crooks.

― this is cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

"scary? fuck that shit. funny!"

― latebloomer's mayan name is tapir ballz (clonefeed), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 03:55 (nineteen years ago)

if "mullholand drive" was never existed, the movie would seem much better,but,cause of the fimiliarity, the viewer must compare ,and "mullholand" is so much better.
the lo-fi dv quality, and the failure to push the limits of film making into new teritory of sub-conscious and new,pure cinema is evident.
sometimes putting limits to lynch, only makes him (and other artists as well) a better director.not everyone is orson wells.

so it's an interesting, but not really touching movie.and again,"mulloland" is the masterpiece.

― john lang (emekars), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 04:38 (nineteen years ago)

the failure to push the limits of film making into new teritory of sub-conscious and new,pure cinema is evident.

Since when is it the obligation of a film to do this? I think Mulholland is likely his best, and it doesn't do that either (as far as I can tell, since I'm not sure what kind of "new territory" you're talking about, specifically). ie, compare it to everything new in 2006 and it looks fine.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

if "mullholand drive" was never existed, the movie would seem much better,but,cause of the fimiliarity, the viewer must compare ,and "mullholand" is so much better.

Weird, Mulholland Drive was already a version of Lost Highway... I kinda wished Straight Story would've signalled a new direction to Lynch, but apparently not.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

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OK, we cool. Torches DOWN. BTW, if you're interested:

TM site
Maharishi bio
Anti-TM site
Another critical site

― ice bat f/k/a xero (ice bat f/k/a xero), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

TM, Buddhism, it's all baloney anyway.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 14 December 2006 08:24 (nineteen years ago)

Lynch/Dern interview:

DL: Political intentions. Zero. Some people are very political [Dern raises her hand to indicate she is one of those people] and they'll see politics in everything. This is a world on its own and you just go into this world. When there are abstractions, people have varying interpretations, thoughts, about it. But it's the same with all film. It's so beautiful when the lights go down, the curtains open, and we get to go into a different world.

LD: The mere existence of this film is political. It is rare people are using their voice and doing what they want to do. David isn't trying to redefine cinema; he's defining his own voice. And we need more of that. So I think it's a highly political film.

http://www.greencine.com/article?action=view&articleID=380

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

huh - didn't know he and Altman had any kind of relationship, interesting.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

and another:

http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4737&IssueNum=184

“It’s like this. At a certain point, you know exactly what it means for you … . If you don’t know what it means, then you have to think about it more to … put the final pieces together. It’s happened to me on lots of films, starting with Eraserhead, I didn’t know what this thing meant. I was building it, but I didn’t know what it all meant, and I was just going nuts. And I start reading the Bible. And I come upon this line, and I said, ‘That is it.’ And it described the whole thing to me.”

I chuckle to signal that I understand the futility of my next question but that it’s my job to ask it anyway: “What line was that?”

“I bet you were gonna ask that,” he says.

“Is this a question you decline to answer, or … ?”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because it doesn’t matter. It would putrify the experience for other people. You work on a film so hard, to get it to feel correct as a whole … and then it’s done. You don’t want to talk about it. It’s cinema! Why break it down and try to put it into words? It’s the language of cinema. It exists that way, for a reason: there it is. It’s on its own. It shouldn’t be taken away from or added to.”

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

So how bootylicious is Justin Theroux in this film?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

I find him kinda repulsive.

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

Bleh. He was the only reason to briefly watch "Six Feet Under."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

he has a weird style in this

― this is cutty (mcutt), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

ie, sleazy rockabilly actor playing Southern gentleman and weeping nightmare fuck

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

goddammit I cannot wait to see this

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

i am seeing this in a couple of hours

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

jesus, what a movie

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:31 (nineteen years ago)

i saw it at a weekday matinee. while i was waiting in line before they opened the auditorium, there was an older couple -- late 60s or so -- behind me talking with a guy of similar vintage they'd just met. the woman from the couple asked him, "do you know a restaurant around here that sells pie?" the guy said, "oh, i just at the waverly diner." "the WAVERLY!" the woman said, "i think that's it. do they sell pie?" "oh yeah, they got pie. lotsa stuff." the woman turned to her companion (who she had introduced as a "friend," so maybe a sort of widow's boyfriend or something) and said, "did you hear that? he says he knows the restaurant." "well there you go," said her companion. "they have pie!" she said. "how about that," her companion said. "is the pie good?" she asked, turning back to the new acquaintance. "oh yeah, sure, everything's good," he said. "it's a good place. i saw mayor koch in there last month!" "is that right," the woman said. "did you hear that," she said to her companion, "he saw mayor koch!" "how about that," her companion said. "well," she said, "all i could remember was there was a restaurant we used to go to near here that had very good pie."

as i was walking out of the theater after the movie, i saw the woman's companion stretching his arms and yawning. "well," he said, turning toward her, "what was that about?"

― tipsy mothra (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:40 (nineteen years ago)

sure is nice that this is playing absolutely nowhere near me. sure is nice resisting the urge to pirate it. ugh.

― hm (modestmickey), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:46 (nineteen years ago)

i have a video that will help you make your decision

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

haha surely that pie couple was some kind of Lynchian guerilla marketing.

― walterkranz (walterkranz), Saturday, 16 December 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

Laura Dern is on the Late Late show and Carson Daly next week. Ho boy.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 16 December 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

an appropriate name for mr daly.

― latebloomer's mayan name is tapir ballz (clonefeed), Saturday, 16 December 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

brutal fucking murder

― this is cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 16 December 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone run across any nerd-level breakdown of what Lynch's camera/production set-up was on this? I loved how some of this (esp. the early bunny sit-com scenes) looked like those tilt-shift photos that distort the focus and make things look like miniatures.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 18 December 2006 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

it was all dv except the bunny scenes.

spoilers and and reactions to this thread so if you havent seen it dont read this.

apparently david lynch sings the song in the trailer?

the song is called fucking 'ghost of love' and its dl singing through crazy amounts of anteres autotune which actually happens throughout the movie during the dialogue. autotune and digital distorion happen during different words throughout the movie but i havent been able to tell if theres a connection.

Also, if anyone spots Nastassja Kinski in this thing, yell bingo -- I didn't

i think shes the prostitute with the burred face in the beginning.

So, those who have seen it, can someone convince me it wasn't a mistake for Lynch to go DV?

it was not a mistake. he gets some really amazing textures with the dv. it fuckes with you. like for real. he says he'll never work with celluloid again and i say fucking cool. theres shit that he does with the dv that he would never be able to do with film. sometimes, during the darkest scenes the, the screen seems to disapear and it seems real.

plot wise my theory is: that polish chick is stuck in purgatory cuz her movie was never finished and she died cuz she got preggy from some trick (or the other actor?) and her husband kicked the shit out of her or she killed herself with a screwdriver giving herself an abortion and laura dern like 50 years later or whatever finishes the movie or something and the crying polish chick watches the finally completed movie and is sent on her path to heaven or happiness or whatever during that emotional scene where they kiss or i dunno.

keep in mind i saw this movie twice. once on shrooms months ago and once sober last weekend so i dunno i might be wrong. someone help me. i still dont know that the fuck "hes good with animals" thing means.

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 21 December 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

haha! great review chaki

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 December 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

The ifc center in new york offers a free ticket for those who will see the movie there for the 10th time.
as for now, there are 2 people who saw it 4 times.
and i say - isn't 1 is more than enough?

― john lang (emekars), Thursday, 21 December 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

isn't 1 is more than enough?

No. I'm going to see it again over the weekend sometime.

The one negative thing I can say about DV is that it's like the old saw about musicians who put a studio in their house and then discover that absolute freedom = absolute indecision. Chaki OTM about what Lynch does with it... If this film is Lynch experimenting with what he can do with DV and self-distribution, I can't wait until his next movie.

My theory on the plot: The curse is a Limbo/Purgatory-like actuality that exists on some meta-temporal level with all of the cursed rattling around inside it. The motel room is a mental safe place to hide from the curse/dysreality outside. "Inland Empire" isn't just a geographic place, but a mental/emotional retreat from outside horror as well as something that actors tap into when playing roles.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 21 December 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

WAHT WAS "LB?"
a pound?
Louise Brooks?
LB Mayer?
Left, Back?

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Saturday, 30 December 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

Any walkouts in Minn, Eric?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 February 2007 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

& how much laughing?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

I think there was one couple that left, but this theatre was solidly filled, so statistically none.

Quite a bit of laughing here and there, though. Maybe more so during the first hour, but the dialogue during Dern's Passion of the Hollywood Walk Of Fame got a lot of response.

Of course, it helps that it's incredibly funny in addition to being horrifying.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Plus, almost everyone I've talked to about it since (including one random person who approached me and was all "didn't I see you at the pre-MEER of Inland Empire?") has liked or even loved the film, so maybe it's not as difficult as it's rumored to be. Or it is but people know what they're getting with Lynch.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

It must be difficult -- Hoberman called it "a miasma"!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

I should've guessed I'd probably like it, though. Whereas I initially couldn't see the trees for the forest, I see that it showed up on the top 10 lists of nearly every critic whose taste I even vaguely understand (Ed G., Nathan Lee, the whole House Next Door crew) and even Jonathan Rosenbaum, who I've given up on but still respect for his writings in the past.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

Mike D'Angelo, otoh...

they reserve their most tortured arguments for Lynch's use of the Sony PD150, a consumer-grade video camera with such poor resolution that anything beyond ten feet resembles congealed oatmeal. It's fun to hear them maintain that his vision is somehow enhanced by severe pixelation [sic] and zero depth of field, but there's simply no excuse, apart from frugality or aesthetic disinterest, for an artist of Lynch's stature to make a movie that looks as hideous as this.

http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2006/070205_mfe_March_07_Alt_Oscars.html

But it DOES enhance it, Blanche.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

It must be difficult -- Hoberman called it "a miasma"!

he later noted that another critic who hated it congratulated him for saying this, thinking it was a pejorative

― jo ga11ucci electrix (joseph), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

actually in the context of his review, it read like a pejorative.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

the attempts at decoding begin. this is pretty good, actually

http://greenliefonfilm.blogspot.com/2007/02/examining-empire-deconstructing-waves.html

― milton parker (milton parker), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

No appearances in Miami of either Laura Dern, Lynch, or his cow.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

Completely god awful. His worst since Dune.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

contrarian!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:43 (nineteen years ago)

Haha not this time I'll bet.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

well, at least you're closer to Armond White on this one than I am.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

I really liked Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive (the former especially), but usually the best Lynch films are probably his most mainstream ones (The Elephant Man and The Straight Story.)

What is the song that plays in the closing credits?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

"Sinner Man" by Nina Simone

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

Really? When the hell is that from? It sounds totally unhinged.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

Wiki sez: "Sinnerman" (spelled as one word) is one of Nina Simone's most famous songs and she recorded her definitive 10-minute plus version on her 1965 album Pastel Blues.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

1964

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

arrghh x-post!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

I will have to buy that album now.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

I seriously thought it was some crazy Hustle Disco cover of Peter Tosh and the Wailers' "Downpresser".

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

Lynch:Dern :: Sternberg:Dietrich?

http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/film/2007/02/12/lost-lost-lost-/

"The truth is I didn't know who I was playing," she said, "and I still don't know."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 February 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

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