Comments | celestialbliss: It's like learning a new language

celestialbliss

It's like learning a new language

Jan 28, 2008 20:50

Rented two David Lynch films from TLA today (Eraserhead and Inland Empire)(thank you Chad). Looking forward to increasing my exposure to good cinema. I think my next rentals will be Scorsese films because I kinda feel like I'm missing out on something by only having seen Gangs of New YorkToday I sent out a lot of emails that I'd been putting off. ( Read more... )

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irrationale January 29 2008, 05:11:35 UTC

you drove by me (at 47th and walnut) this morning. it was a nice surprise to see you out in the wild wild west. :)

celestialbliss January 30 2008, 02:57:25 UTC

Ahahahah did I look dead? So early!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

required scorsese viewing, etc. pulpfantrntno January 29 2008, 07:47:08 UTC

1) raging bull
2) mean streets
3) taxi driver
4) bringing out the dead
5) goodfellas

as for other filmmakers and films, check out: wong kar wai, robert altman, georges franju, 'hard eight' by p.t. anderson (he calls it 'sydney'), 'shivers' and 'rabid' by david cronenberg (and if you have the stomach or drive afterward, 'the brood' and 'the fly'), and try to track down a copy of 'angels with dirty faces.' it's worth it.

p.s. - about david lynch. pulpfantrntno January 29 2008, 07:49:04 UTC

i would suggest watching a lot more of his stuff before watching 'inland empire.' not that it'll really help, but the themes of 'inland empire' are culminations of threads of themes he has brought up continuously over the past twenty years, and i'm willing to bet it may be a bit harder to swallow or fathom without having seen much more of his stuff. let me know what you think, though.

Re: p.s. - about david lynch. celestialbliss January 30 2008, 02:58:28 UTC

Aw man but I rented it and I'll be damned if I spend 4.50 on a movie again!

What if I watch Eraserhead first? And I've seen Mulholland Drive...

Re: p.s. - about david lynch. pulpfantrntno January 30 2008, 07:51:57 UTC

i think it could work. i'm just saying that afterward, you'll have some homework to do :). but it's excellent, and well worth anything you put into it. it may work equally as well as a window in as a full-frame culmination...i just have not seen it without seeing others first, so i can't imagine what that would be like, really...

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whiterose1713 January 29 2008, 11:48:42 UTC

You're my favourite :)

celestialbliss January 30 2008, 02:58:36 UTC

I love you too. :)

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celestialbliss January 30 2008, 02:58:57 UTC

Wow, that's saying something. Have you seen Mulholland Drive? If so, what did you think of it?

omnibot January 29 2008, 20:05:08 UTC

I hope you enjoy them. Eraserhead is an experience like no other.

celestialbliss January 30 2008, 02:59:17 UTC

I'm excited. :)