Wednesday 22 June 2011

Love Letters Straight From Your Heart

Having just purchased The Straight Story and spending this evening listening to Angelo Badalamenti on repeat, I found no better excuse to post a personal profile of David Lynch that I wrote a while ago . I think about this sensational human being for 20% of my day, each day.

                “A swathe of curled black hair, a veil of cigarette smoke, pulling a pensive frown or an impish grin; perhaps the reason that David Lynch is seen as such a fine director is that he paints himself with the same nervous energy as his most famous characters. There’s more than a touch of madness to his craft and his films can be as disturbing as they are entrancing. His tight control of the camera and his pastiche style are the guardrails you hold on to as Lynch walks you through his murky yet dazzling world.
                His debut, Eraserhead, despite being over two decades old, remains as achingly complex and uniquely terrifying today as it was on its release. Eraserhead’s foundations would lead him to direct modern classics like Mullholland Drive, Inland Empire & Blue Velvet. Lynch often describes the development of his art like fishing; a patient, quiet process where magic springs at you in the blink of an eye. His films arguably mirror his thinking too. In a solemn, grey sea, Lynch is the Blue Marlin thrashing against the waves; a rare, inspiring flash of brilliance that will set your sails in its pursuit, like Ahab for his whale.”





 







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