We've met before

[BetterOffShred]

Incidentally, I always felt like the Legend of Zelda games had a touch of this kind of malevolent force. Majora's Mask is like the Twin Peaks of the series.

Can we be friends?

[repoman]

Why did Josie turn into a drawer knob?

[Snufkino]

Incidentally, I always felt like the Legend of Zelda games had a touch of this kind of malevolent force. Majora's Mask is like the Twin Peaks of the series.

Can we be friends?

[drolo]

I've re-read 'Catching The Big Fish' more than any other book. For the mystical characters, I would make the connection it has something to do with the 'Unified Field' that Lynch talks about in his Transcendental Meditation practice. He loves leaving stuff open to interpretation and film is not like a rubix cube that you solve so I guess it depends on the person? Who knows?

Exactly my thought. I see people sometimes trying to find some kind of logic or hidden meaning in his movies when perhaps he is just leaving a lot of place for random and accidental elements that may originate from his unconscious mind (or dreams?) and get altered by the movie making process into something unexpected. Something like that. Which is why I really love his stuff.

Unrelated but somewhat related, I just recently finally discovered a gem that I somehow postponed watching since I was a kid and now regret having taken so long. This strange resemblance had made me think of Lost Highway:

[$harkToootth]

Exactly my thought. I see people sometimes trying to find some kind of logic or hidden meaning in his movies when perhaps he is just leaving a lot of place for random and accidental elements that may originate from his unconscious mind (or dreams?) and get altered by the movie making process into something unexpected. Something like that. Which is why I really love his stuff.

I've read a lot of 'academic' books on Lynch. Him and Kubrick are the two directors I've read the most secondary literature about (which is why I am embarrassed I didn't recognize that still in the OP immediately ). I think people would save a lot of time when 'trying to solve' Lynch's films (so to speak) if they remember he came from a background as a surrealist painter. If you ever get a chance, I highly recommend his art books. Just another opportunity to see how that mind works. Even some of his output where he just used magic markers and drew on note cards is really fun to look at.

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I strongly prefer his short films to his feature films (I'm always on the lookout for other avant-garde animation similar to his early works).

[lost in music]

I've never seen Lost Highway and this thread reminds me that it's finally available to rent on Amazon video.

[lost in music]

also Big Trouble in Little China is the best (xps to drolo)

[drolo]

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I strongly prefer his short films to his feature films (I'm always on the lookout for other avant-garde animation similar to his early works).

you and me bro, you and me

also Big Trouble in Little China is the best (xps to drolo)

innit ? I hadn't had so much fun watching a movie in a long time

[BetterOffShred]

I used to call my car "The Pork chop express" haha

[blakestree]

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I strongly prefer his short films to his feature films (I'm always on the lookout for other avant-garde animation similar to his early works).

you and me bro, you and me

[neonblack]

Did you guys watch Twin Peaks: The Return? I think it's not only the best thing he's done, but some of the best 18 hours of entertainment, period.

[$harkToootth]

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I strongly prefer his short films to his feature films (I'm always on the lookout for other avant-garde animation similar to his early works).

you and me bro, you and me

Well my friend, if you find anything...you know who to PM. Closest stuff I found is Walerian Borowczyk's animated output, some (not a lot) of Jan Svankmajer, and aesthetically old PBS / Education films (which, I would wager, has more to do with the film stock and developing process at the time). Also, the brother Quay's earlier output.

I started a long rant about 16mm film stocks at the time and it got me wanting to shoot on reversal Ektachrome.

[moid]

I think you chaps might love a bit of this - David Lodge's La Comtesse de Castiglione. It's steampunk meets Lynch with elements of the Brothers Quay thrown in for good measure

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Brent Green makes some fairly strange animations that he then plays live music over the top... this one is a wild ride of emotions
Carlin

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/10525510[/vimeo]

Lucia by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León and Niles Atallah - this is also very disturbing and beautifully made. If you enjoy it there is a sequel called Luis

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David O'Reilly - equal parts comedian /dystopian craziness. Post modern animation by anyone's stretch of the imagination. This is one of his more coherent works...
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A student of mine created this miniature masterpiece - Tidy Monster by Tom Marchant
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That should keep you out of trouble for an hour

[moid]

Damn, I can't get a vimeo video to embed... you'll have to copy / paste that one.

[$harkToootth]

Wow...thank you moid!!!