i've been looking forward to this movie for months. i read some of the reviews, not any "spoilers", saw the score of 8.1 on the IMDb, and mentally tried to leave myself wide open. i found some of the imagery and vignettes to be reminiscent of dreams/impressions/nightmares. but there are some technical issues that are sort of jarring in a way that didn't work for me. i welcome digital video, but this looks like it was shot with some really cheap, crappy camcorder. also the close-ups are sort of out of control. i am reminded that there are parts of Lynch's films that i love and parts that don't work for me, only with this movie it is more so. sadly, i was bored through lots of it, especially in the second half. i don't mean to impugn David Lynch's artistry. he can make what he wants and i will have to eventually check it out, but i can see where it might help if he worked within a system that directs that wacky brain of his somewhat. we all need some direction in life, even the genius directors. plus this movie also makes me realize that i feel a little sorry for Lynch that he keeps coming back to his nightmare visions. i'm sure he must have had more childhood trauma than most, but even my dreams have a wider spectrum and have large narrative breaks from the recurrent confused nightmare. it will be awhile before i will be able to see this again and i doubt i'll watch the whole thing. i need to re-watch Mulholland Drive soon. oh, and i have to say that there were bits that i found just plain stupid, mostly involving a group of women gathered in a room. these women strike me as Lynch starlet hangers-on, part of the cult of weird that worships at Eraserhead etc. David Lynch himself comes across as a guileless, unpretentious, genuinely weird person whereas a lot of his fans come across as less than bright would-be goths that think his f'd up world is cool. he shows us some moments no one else can, but he is a disturbed little boy in a cynical world.
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