Woman in the Dunes
― Chris L, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
You might also enjoy movies by Julio Medem, especially The Red Squirrel and Tierra, as they're both surreal films about passions lurking beneath calm surfaces.
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 February 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
pauline kael nailed it in her blue velvet review: "Lynch might turn out to be the first populist surrealist - a Frank Capra of dream logic."
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
that was a random thought about lynch, apropos of nothing
werner herzog is probably also a good idea ... esp. even dwarfs started small.
― Ein kluges Äpfelchen (Eisbaer), Monday, 9 February 2009 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
OTM
I've never found the proper entry point for him, so I can't make recommendations, but: luis buñuel
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Holy Mountain? I don't see that connection (unless yr thinking of the Dune angle)
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
their tones are totally diff but the wacky transgressive surrealism would appeal to a lynch fan methinks
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & other German Expressionist films.
― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Monday, 9 February 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Last Year at Marienbad
Might be difficult to find, but worth it.
― circa1916, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Criterion is releasing it this year.
― Chris L, Monday, 9 February 2009 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Optimum released it in 2006 I believe.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks for all these, just watching the Tenant now. I particularly like the way Lynch uses music if that makes a difference to recommendations.
― Local Garda, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ronan: here's a clip from herzog's even dwarfs started small, if you haven't seen it already (i also think herzog makes interesting use of music in his films). so i guess that if you like this, then you should rent this film:
― Ein kluges Äpfelchen (Eisbaer), Monday, 9 February 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
a PETA film of the month favorite
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Monday, 9 February 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I enjoyed The Tenant, though it was sort of less postmodern than maybe what I was looking for. I mean actually I'm sure lots of these films I will enjoy, but I get a huge kick out of Lynch using pop music or modern music in really weird contexts, or the kind of humorous weirdness of eg the woman dancing on the car in Blue Velvet.
I will keep checking out the above recommendations though.
― Local Garda, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Cronenberg always strikes me as Lynch's nearest point of comparison.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
SCORPIO RISING by Kenneth Anger seems like the most obvious precursor to Lynch in terms of use of pop music, colour, occult iconography
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^Yes absolutelyKustom Kar Kommandos, Scorpio Rising, Rabbit Moon
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
, but I get a huge kick out of Lynch using pop music or modern music in really weird contexts
Have you seen much Dennis Potter?
― Alba, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
LGarda: Bunuel
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
re: music yeah Potter is another good reference point, my personal favorite is "Lipstick on Your Collar" (feat. super-young Ewan MacGregor!) but the most Lynch-like is definitely the og Pennies from Heaven.
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
And "Kaspar Hauser", if you're a fan of "The Elephant Man"
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I think maybe Blackeyes is Potter's most Lynchian, but not his best.
― Alba, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Potter wrote a screenplay adaptation of the DM Thomas novel The White Hotel for David Lynch in 1990, apparently.
― Alba, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I have a Potter boxset. Have seen about half of it.
― Local Garda, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i was going to suggest "syndromes and a century" but that's not particularly lynchian in the way that Ronan is geting at, it's pretty singular. the problem is that i can't think of anything that is lynchian in that way other than his own films.
― jed_, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
^ this is sort of seals the deal on lynch's greatness for me (not that the door really needs sealing for me, but still). no matter who he may have been influenced by, and after decades of being remarkably successful and influential in the weirdo art movie game, there just aren't any other "lynch-like" movies out there. he stands alone.
this is a good parody, though:
― get drunk and do legos (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
miracle mile does that cheerful cardboard americana turning into utter nightmare thing from blue velvet pretty well.
― ☪, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
the Anthony Edwards movie?
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
this is a good resource if you're looking for movie recommendations based on other movies you like: clerkdogs.com
― Ages 8 to 80, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
most of the ones I listed are similar to lynch in that they're terrifying films but they aren't horror movies, they work on the axes of social fear and loathing, gothic absurdity, and transgressive behavior. their use of music is pretty standard except for safe, which has some ironic diagetic 80s tunes sprinkled throughout.
have you seen richard elfman's forbidden zone?
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
has anyone ever ever seen this film? and if so, is it even vaguely Lynchian? crispin glover was in wild at heart, after all.
― Ein kluges Äpfelchen (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
no and I would like to. What Is It? I'd also love to see
― Courtney Love's Jew Loan Officer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
The Shining strikes me as sharing a certain tone with Lynch's films. The bearsuit blowjob scene comes to mind.
Maybe Eyes Wide Shut too.
― Alba, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
and that's quite deliberate -- if wikipedia is to be believed, stanley kubrick had the cast of the shining watch eraserhead in order to get them in the mood for what he was trying to accomplish with the shining.
― Ein kluges Äpfelchen (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Never knew that - thanks.
― Alba, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
this has probably been posted many times before: Lynch's adert for Parisienne cigarettes
― jed_, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
which totally of reminds me of fischi and weiss's der lauf der dinge:
― jed_, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
fischli & Weiss *
― jed_, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
movies that have been at the top of my to-see list for a long time for reasons not unrelated to their possible Lynchian-ness:
Tetsuo The Iron ManThe Reflecting SkinGreaser's PalaceNight Dreams (nsfw googling as this is a porn film)Liquid Sky (??? prolley not ???)
has anyone seen these? can they attest to the possible affinities to that which is Lynch-esque?
also:
Egoyan's The Adjuster REALLY freaked me out
you might do worse than ot check out certainanime titles. I'm thinking of FLCL and especially Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie which is fascinating in its nonlinearity...familiar with only the bare essentials of the original teen girls' anime series, but apparently the movie is related to the series the same way that Fire Walk With Me* is related to Twin Peaks...
*didn't FWIW top the box offices in Japan when it first came out?
― googling 'Ineedagirlfriend.com' (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:03 (fifteen years ago) link
the movie is related to the series the same way that Fire Walk With Me is related to Twin Peaks...
actually not true, the movie is not a prequel, but an alternate reality set-up with the lesbian overtones amped up and the themes all turned on their head...still good stuff though...
― googling 'Ineedagirlfriend.com' (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:04 (fifteen years ago) link
FWIW = FWWM of course
― googling 'Ineedagirlfriend.com' (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Lynch id the producer of the new Herzog movie:My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233219/
looks promising
― Zeno, Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
also,more surprising, the Alejandro Jodorowsky comeback movie:"king shot" with Nick Nolte,Asia Argento and Marilyn Manson,now THAT i want to see!!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892411/
― Zeno, Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
"The story is to be set in a casino in the desert. The film involves gangsters, the discovery of a man as big as King Kong, and Marilyn Manson is said to portray a 300 year old pope. "
― Zeno, Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
tetsuo is rad. no similarity to lynch other than that it's weird and super alienated - plus b&w like eraserhead & elepant mans
the reflecting skin is surreal & creepy coming of age thing, about the evil that lurks under the skin of the everday, so blue velvety, but not deeply so
greaser's palace is more like "zany" wokka-wokka american version of jodorowsky
night dreams is a new-wavey, very self-consciously surreal porn flick, but pretty cool for what it is. cafe flesh by the same crew might be better. they also made the erotic but non-pronographical dr. caligari. all are arty student film awkward, but also unique, campy and fun. probably closer to forbidden zone than to lynch (but nowhere near as relentlessly zany)
liquid sky is another new-wave artifakt, and by far the most low-budget flick on the list. none of these last three even remotely resemble lynch, but i love em all.
― noticing the cloud come (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:17 (fifteen years ago) link
right on contenderizer. i thank you. :)
― googling 'Ineedagirlfriend.com' (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
the adjuster is pretty much follows yr description of reflecting skin, except there are no scifi overtones that i can remember...also super-alienated...but with egoyan's trademark revealing style giving it the frame work...
(not saying you haven't seen it though...just for the record...)
― googling 'Ineedagirlfriend.com' (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 February 2009 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't remember whether or not i've seen the adjuster. i think not. i think i've only seen family viewing and the sweet hereafter. maybe one more? anyway, i should go back and watch all the egoyan i missed. love the two i can remember. anyway, no sci-fi in the reflecting skin, either. tetsuo, liquid sky and night dreams are the sci-fi-ier ones.
― noticing the cloud come (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 February 2009 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link