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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
I haven't seen Dune because I don't like Sci-fi but I enjoyed Mulholland Drive. Lynch has made quite a few films other than the ones you mentioned. I'm not sure what "Albino" is but I'm assuming by "Lost" you mean Lost Highway.
Besides those you should see "The Elephant Man", "Blue Velvet", "Wild at Heart" and "The Straight Story".
Although if you are the sort of person who would prefer to watch studio fodder like "Independence Day" then I probably wouldn't go to all that effort. Lynch's films are masterpieces of mood so you need a slightly longer attention span than for most Hollwood movies. I think he's one of the few genuine American auteurs working in cinema today. I'd be tempted to put Martin Scorsese and Joel and Ethan Coen in that elite group as well.
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Mulholland Drive was a TV pilot that failed so he pieced it together into a 'movie' if you could call it that. Was a piece of horse manure. Dune was a great book he totally butchered.
I've seen parts of Blue Velvet, which was lousy. Albino is Albino Alligator. As I said Twin Peaks was good, and I've heard Fire Walk With Me was pretty decent, haven't seen it. But what I have seen of his movies turned me off to any further investigation.
I asked one of my friends who's a big fan what Lynch's strategy was, because I was convinced he made movies so that snobs could say 'you didn't like it because you didn't UNDERSTAND it' but she confirmed for me that noone understands his movies, not even those who like them.
Wim Wenders is one of my favorite directors, though he too has directed pieces of shit. I watch movies for the experience, I enjoy them. I found Lynch's films to be utterly devoid of anything meaningful. My opinion of course, just found it ironic that he didn't like television when it was the only format where he won widespread critical praise.
C.