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I spent most of today with someone very dear to me whom I had not seen in almost seven months. This is a fairly ridiculous lapse of time; and I will see him on Rosh Hashanah, but I'm not sure friendships should be scheduled around the ritual calendar.*
I am now the proud possessor of a slender, only slightly scribbled-in paperback of Anthony Burgess' Oedipus Rex. I discovered it this afternoon in The Book Rack. Just its existence brightened my day.
It is not useful to mention Eraserhead to me in a discussion of David Lynch's films, because all that happens is "Too Drunk to Fuck" gets stuck in my head for hours.
*Actually, that's not any weirder than friends whom one only sees at cons. But I'm not sure it's the designated point of the High Holidays.
I am now the proud possessor of a slender, only slightly scribbled-in paperback of Anthony Burgess' Oedipus Rex. I discovered it this afternoon in The Book Rack. Just its existence brightened my day.
It is not useful to mention Eraserhead to me in a discussion of David Lynch's films, because all that happens is "Too Drunk to Fuck" gets stuck in my head for hours.
*Actually, that's not any weirder than friends whom one only sees at cons. But I'm not sure it's the designated point of the High Holidays.
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Why do you see him so infrequently?
It is not useful to mention Eraserhead to me in a discussion of David Lynch's films, because all that happens is "Too Drunk to Fuck" gets stuck in my head for hours.
Heh. You oughta try his coffee (http://ecomm.davidlynch.com/catalog/coffee.php).
Dare I ask; what David Lynch movies have you seen?
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It's not usually so infrequent; we had completely incompatible schedules this summer. It was still ridiculous.
You oughta try his coffee.
Jesus. Ordinary coffee is bad enough for my head, I can't even begin to imagine.
Dare I ask; what David Lynch movies have you seen?
Only Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Dr. (2001), which was my first experience with his work—I saw it in theaters when I had no idea who he was or what to expect from the movie—and which I rewatched with some friends last night, hence the conversational presence of Eraserhead. I've been told to see Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man has been on my list for years, although mostly because I love John Hurt.
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It tastes beautiful. It's the best drip coffee I've ever had. If you ever see Twin Peaks, too, it has a great resonance. Drinking David Lynch coffee is next to wielding Luke Skywalker's lightsaber only it's actually possible.
Only Lost Highway (1997) and Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Both great movies (in my opinion, that is; Lost Highway wasn't critically appreciated), and rather similar movies, in that they both deal wonderfully with the idea of reality created through the subjective perspective of memories--something explored a little better in Lost Highway than in the latter film, I think, and explored again in his newest movie, INLAND EMPIRE. How did you see Lost Highway? On IFC? I know it's still not available on DVD. I'm lucky to've gotten the widescreen VHS . . .
It's interesting, the David Lynch movies you have seen are both very much of a certain chapter in his oeuvre. You have a whole different set of Lynch obsessions to discover.
So have you not seen Eraserhead, then?
I've been told to see Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man has been on my list for years, although mostly because I love John Hurt.
He's great in it, and it's a great film (whenever someone mentions it, I'm always reminded of a photo I saw of John Hurt bowling with David Bowie).
Blue Velvet's widely considered the ultimate David Lynch movie, but I've been an obsessive fan since high school and I love each and every one of his films. If a giggling millionaire dumps a mountain of money on your lawn to-morrow, I highly recommend getting the new Twin Peaks box set coming out soon.
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A friend had it on tape. I have no idea if it was widescreen or not; this was in 2003.
So have you not seen Eraserhead, then?
I have not. Should I?
John Hurt bowling with David Bowie
That's awesome.
If a giggling millionaire dumps a mountain of money on your lawn to-morrow, I highly recommend getting the new Twin Peaks box set coming out soon.
If a giggling millionaire dumps a mountain of money on my law tomorrow, I may have greater concerns than getting the box set of Twin Peaks . . . (But I will keep your advice in mind.)
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It's a very wide movie. I had it in pan and scan, copied from a rental tape, for a long time before I got my widescreen copy and it was a completely different experience. There was one scene in particular, early in the film, where two people are staring silently at each other that I completely didn't understand in the pan and scan version--one person was completely cut out of the frame, so the other person seems to be staring at something, but you don't know what (it's the scene where Renee is washing her face and Fred steps in a moment and they just stare at each other. If that doesn't sound familiar, you may have watched the pan and scan version. Or you just saw it too long ago to remember).
I have not. Should I?
Eraserhead's a good movie. I don't know whether it would be particularly up your alley, except I know you appreciate great art. There's some very visible Jean Cocteau and Stanley Kubrick influence, but Lynch at that point definitely had his own voice serving his own obsessions (I know it was Stanley Kubrick's favourite movie of the year when it came out). I saw an interview with Jennifer Lynch, David's daughter, where she talked about feeling uncomfortable watching the movie because it's about her father's insecurities about his pending role as a parent; it's about a guy who gets his extremely high strung girlfriend pregnant and she has the baby within weeks. The resulting infant is what people discussing the film refer to as the "gauze baby"; apparently a bundle of gauze with a head sticking out that more resembles a dinosaur foetus than a human one. It has a strange, incessant, droning cry (so you may feel insulted if
The movie's weirder than that description--there's also a tiny woman with enormous cheeks who lives in the guy's radiator and there's a scene involving a hot tub filled with milk.
If a giggling millionaire dumps a mountain of money on my law tomorrow, I may have greater concerns than getting the box set of Twin Peaks . . . (But I will keep your advice in mind.)
See that you do! And don't worry about the millionaire; he wouldn't be giggling like that if he wasn't already very happy.
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Have you heard the Nouvelle Vague cover of that song?
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I have indeed. It's been alternating with the original on my internal soundtrack . . .
That's all I need right now...
Wow, there's a song that's been popping up in unlikely places this week. Or, more to the point, popping up this week, but not in the likely places. My coworker was playing a cover of that a couple of days ago. (probably the cover by Nouvelle Vague mentioned above)
Now I will be singing along for the next few hours.
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Did it sound like this?
Now I will be singing along for the next few hours.
It's viral.
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I'm going to have to pick up that album.
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If I parse your question correctly, M.
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Probably not, but it does tend to fall out that way with all sorts of holidays.
And it's no worse than my friends whom I only see at Irish Arts Week. (With whom I seem to have a positive talent for falling in love--this is not reasonable, even for matters of the heart.)
Congratulations on the paperback find, and I'm glad you got to spend the day with your friend.