Best David Lynch Film?

[Khephra]

Poll question: Best David Lynch Film?

[Dirk39]

1. Blue Velvet....

a kind of moderate version of erazerhead without compromising. What an incredible masterpiece.
Hello from Germany,
Dirk

[pasadenaboy]

2. Twin Peaks, Fire walk with me

is underrated because it is linked with the tv show.

Mulholland Drive was brilliant.

[Paschall]

11. Fire Walk With Me

One of Lynch's finest soundtracks, too. Love it!

[Nlighten1]

18. Indeed

How could Blue Velvet not be on this list...it is his best film.

[sugarcookie]

3. Dune

but probably because I love SciFi And Fantasy movies.

[wtmusic]

4. 6 votes for Mulholland????

That was some of the silliest filmmaking I've ever seen

[CanuckAmok]

7. Agreed.

I loved his more, um, cohesive work... Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet.

But Mulholland fit perfectly into Moe Syzlak's definiton of postmodernism: "weird for the sake of being weird".

WTF? Miniature parents? HUH?

And I have a background in film, so I KNOW when I'm being jerked around!

[VOX]

14. Yes. Especially when it was intended to be a TV series, then pulled...

and scenes added later, etc. So you know it's something of the "dog's breakfast," just a kitchen-sink full of various visual metaphors. It's entertaining, but that pulling sensation you feel while watching it is your chain being yanked.

[SoCalDem]

8. That was a totally weird movie.. Saw it, still don't "get" it

:shrug:

[theemu]

10. Sigh.

Not everyone understands Mulholland Drive when they see it. I got it after about an hour of pondering over Lynch. Part of understanding his 'dark films' is to understand the semiotics of film and so, instead of trying to explain everything, including spoilers, I'm just going to point everyone who doesn't get Mulholland Drive to the following address:

http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/10/23/mulholland_drive_analysis/

The writers at Salon did a pretty good job, and I agree with them for the most part, but Mulholland Drive is by no means silly, by no means random, and is actually probably the best American film of the past 15 years. Really. It's rare to find a film that says as much as creatively as this film.

[BurtWorm]

5. Why don't I see Blue Velvet?

Am I going blind?

[blackcat77]

6. Twin Peaks

I lived for that show and for years afterward visited websites and newsgroups dedicated to discussing it. And I never did figure out what it all meant...

Creamed corn, anyone? :)

Having said that, The Straight Story was brilliant. No sex, no violence, uplifting rather than upsetting. David Lynch is the only person who could have made this story into a film worth watching.

[lazarus]

9. BLUE VELVET

Where is it?

[FlashHarry]

17. No Sh*t! BLUE VELVET!!!

[Unknown Known]

12. Mulholland Drive

The best film ever to explore schizophrenia. Methinks Lynch must have some personal experience with it.

[VOX]

13. "The Straight Story"...

Lynch's most accessible film, but that's not a bad thing.

He got a beautiful, dignified performance from Richard Farnsworth, and the broad, expansive landscapes are magnificent. This one gets me every time.

Also liked a *very* sort-lived summer replacement series he did around 1990 or '91 -- "On the Air," about a radio performance troupe and studio execs. Included many of the usual Lynch players. There were supposedly six episodes, but only three were aired.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

15. The Best David Lynch Film?

No contest, BLUE VELVET !

[jonnyblitz]

16. damn...i really liked Lost Highyway...

guess i am the only one so far...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. Blue Velvet

Lynch's Masterpiece