It’s no surprise that filmmaker David Lynch’s fanbase has, for four decades, continually renewed itself among each new generation of cineastes. Something about the strange alchemy of the multidisciplinary Eagle Scout’s sensuous images, earnest perspective and intuitive storytelling perspective is intoxicating, buoyed onscreen by the talents of great creative collaborators like Mary Sweeney, Alan Splet and Angelo Badalamenti.
The films themselves are often dark but always honest, their perversions expressive and earned rather than bluntly hammered. As we follow the cosmic tendrils of Lynch’s brain backwards toward their origin, it’s only natural to ask: why does this guy see the world the way he sees it?
One answer may lay in Victor Fleming 1939 MGM classic, whose enchantments reach even further back, to its position as an early television staple for impressional baby boomers developing their imaginations and material predilections in the glow of the family’s suburban RCA console.
The films themselves are often dark but always honest, their perversions expressive and earned rather than bluntly hammered. As we follow the cosmic tendrils of Lynch’s brain backwards toward their origin, it’s only natural to ask: why does this guy see the world the way he sees it?
One answer may lay in Victor Fleming 1939 MGM classic, whose enchantments reach even further back, to its position as an early television staple for impressional baby boomers developing their imaginations and material predilections in the glow of the family’s suburban RCA console.
- 6/13/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
"Believe it or not, 'Eraserhead' is my most spiritual film," said surrealist auteur David Lynch in an interview, and this moment has become a meme template over the years. When asked to elaborate, the director smiled and simply said no in the most David Lynch way, emphasizing his philosophy of subjective interpretation and a refusal to "explain" his art. This outlook remains true to the essence of Lynch's oeuvre — most of his work is rooted in dream or nightmare logic, meant to be experienced instead of dissected or understood. Abstract ideas form chilling vignettes of what can only be described as grotesque or deeply surreal, such as his intensely hallucinatory "Inland Empire," which still defies explanation beyond the core themes that drive the film. Perhaps, that is the point of it all: Dreams often do not make sense, even to the dreamer, but act as portals to...
- 3/25/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
“Father! The sleeper has awakened!”
David Lynch’s Dune (1984) will be available in a 2-Disc Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray August 31st from Arrow Video
Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi epic Dune finally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch, featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch’s regular collaborators.
The year is 10,191, and four planets are embroiled in a secret plot to wrest control of the Spice Melange, the most precious substance in the universe and found only on the planet Arrakis. A feud between two powerful dynasties, House Atreides and House Harkonnen, is manipulated from afar by ruling powers that conspire to keep their grip on the spice. As the two families clash on Arrakis, Duke Atreides’ son Paul finds himself at the center...
David Lynch’s Dune (1984) will be available in a 2-Disc Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray August 31st from Arrow Video
Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi epic Dune finally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch, featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch’s regular collaborators.
The year is 10,191, and four planets are embroiled in a secret plot to wrest control of the Spice Melange, the most precious substance in the universe and found only on the planet Arrakis. A feud between two powerful dynasties, House Atreides and House Harkonnen, is manipulated from afar by ruling powers that conspire to keep their grip on the spice. As the two families clash on Arrakis, Duke Atreides’ son Paul finds himself at the center...
- 7/23/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
David Lynch’s life as filmmaker began with sound. While attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Lynch was working on a painting of a woman in a garden when he heard the sound of wind blowing. Suddenly, the painting started to move. This peculiar experience singlehandedly shaped Lynch’s belief that cinema is a moving painting — or, as he once put it to The Philadelphia Inquirer: “It’s sound and picture.” Over four decades and a dozen films later, Lynch has pushed cinematic soundscapes to experimental extremes and has created a cinematic language rooted in sound design. “People always talk about the look of a film, they don’t talk so much about the sound of a film,” Lynch said in the documentary “Making Waves.” “But it’s equally important. Sometimes more important.”
Lynch’s early soundscapes owe their power to Alan Splet, who started working with the director...
Lynch’s early soundscapes owe their power to Alan Splet, who started working with the director...
- 12/3/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
(Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics a question pertaining to the contemporary movie landscape.)
July 27th will see the release of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” a movie that Tom Cruise has improbably survived to promote. Of course, this is hardly the first time that a performer has put their life on the line for our amusement.
This week’s question: What is the best stunt you’ve ever seen in a film?
Luke Hicks (@lou_kicks), Film School Rejects, Birth.Movies.Death., Chicago Reader
It’s difficult to award the most incredible stunt to anyone but the master of all stunts: Jackie Chan. And when it comes to narrowing down the best of his best, why wouldn’t we listen to Chan himself? He is the expert after all. In his 1998 memoir “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action,” he cites what he believes to be his best/most impressive stunt.
July 27th will see the release of “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” a movie that Tom Cruise has improbably survived to promote. Of course, this is hardly the first time that a performer has put their life on the line for our amusement.
This week’s question: What is the best stunt you’ve ever seen in a film?
Luke Hicks (@lou_kicks), Film School Rejects, Birth.Movies.Death., Chicago Reader
It’s difficult to award the most incredible stunt to anyone but the master of all stunts: Jackie Chan. And when it comes to narrowing down the best of his best, why wouldn’t we listen to Chan himself? He is the expert after all. In his 1998 memoir “I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action,” he cites what he believes to be his best/most impressive stunt.
- 7/16/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
David Lynch proved himself as a master of film music in his 1986 feature.
“Every note of music has enough breath to carry you away, and as a director, all you have to do is let the right wind blow at the right time” — David Lynch
Sound and music are incredibly important in David Lynch’s films. From Eraserhead (1977) on, Lynch has shown his talent for creating creepy and dreamy soundscapes, which include music and dialogue as well as diegetic and non-diegetic sound effects. Perhaps Lynch’s most popular film, Blue Velvet (1986) perfectly blends together pop music, original score, and Lynchian sound effects. Blue Velvet is especially rich with beautiful music that both comments on and runs counter to the images onscreen. This was the first film in which Lynch focused on both original score/sound effects and pre-existing pop music.
David Lynch is never completely serious or completely joking — he is always both at the same time...
“Every note of music has enough breath to carry you away, and as a director, all you have to do is let the right wind blow at the right time” — David Lynch
Sound and music are incredibly important in David Lynch’s films. From Eraserhead (1977) on, Lynch has shown his talent for creating creepy and dreamy soundscapes, which include music and dialogue as well as diegetic and non-diegetic sound effects. Perhaps Lynch’s most popular film, Blue Velvet (1986) perfectly blends together pop music, original score, and Lynchian sound effects. Blue Velvet is especially rich with beautiful music that both comments on and runs counter to the images onscreen. This was the first film in which Lynch focused on both original score/sound effects and pre-existing pop music.
David Lynch is never completely serious or completely joking — he is always both at the same time...
- 3/28/2017
- by Angela Morrison
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
[Blue Velvet] was the song that sparked the movie!—David Lynch(1)Blue velvet, red lips, sprawling, manicured neighborhood lawns; the transgressions that go on behind the closed doors of ostensibly squeaky-clean American suburbia; the mysterious melancholy behind a pop song written in the early 1950s: these were the things that inspired David Lynch to write Blue Velvet. Kyle MacLachlan plays Jeffrey Beaumont in the film, a young man who returns to his hometown of Lumberton after his father has had a stroke. Whilst walking home after visiting his father in hospital, Jeffrey comes across an ant-infested human ear in an empty lot and takes it upon himself to investigate the mystery surrounding it, resulting in his being seduced and almost destroyed by the seamy underbelly of the town. In his investigations Jeffrey is torn between two worlds, one of innocence and one of corruption, and it is a duality that is not...
- 11/8/2016
- MUBI
It was a winner right out of the starting gate, an instant classic that's still a pleasure for the eyes and ears. Carroll Ballard and Caleb Deschanel's marvel of a storybook movie has yet to be surpassed, with a boy-horse story that seems to be taking place in The Garden of Eden. The Black Stallion Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 765 1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date July 14, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Marne Maitland, Cass-Olé. Cinematography Caleb Deschanel Film Editor Robert Dalva Supervising Sound Editor Alan Splet Original Music Carmine Coppola Written by Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff from the novel by Walter Farley Produced by Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg Directed by Carroll Ballard
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Francis Coppola divided audiences with his war epic Apocalypse Now, but in the same...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Francis Coppola divided audiences with his war epic Apocalypse Now, but in the same...
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Scarlett Johansson's alien on the streets of Glasgow owes much to the work of Nicolas Roeg
This bold, flawed and admirably out-there adaptation of Michel Faber's 2000 novel about an extraterrestrial stalker opens with a pinpoint of light that may be a distant twinkling star or an approaching headlight – it's impossible to tell. From here we move, via kaleidoscopic invention, to an image of an eye; a constructed gaze, human on the outside, alien on the inside – inner space from outer space. With a brilliant blend of abstraction and precision, this sequence establishes a tension between the intergalactic and the earthly that underwrites the subsequent narrative; an eerie tale of a space traveller inhabiting human form, prowling the streets of Glasgow in search of raw flesh.
As the alt/indie descendant of Natasha Henstridge in Species, Scarlett Johansson is initially predatory, her clipped English vowels and thousand-yard stare effectively suggesting an imitation of life,...
This bold, flawed and admirably out-there adaptation of Michel Faber's 2000 novel about an extraterrestrial stalker opens with a pinpoint of light that may be a distant twinkling star or an approaching headlight – it's impossible to tell. From here we move, via kaleidoscopic invention, to an image of an eye; a constructed gaze, human on the outside, alien on the inside – inner space from outer space. With a brilliant blend of abstraction and precision, this sequence establishes a tension between the intergalactic and the earthly that underwrites the subsequent narrative; an eerie tale of a space traveller inhabiting human form, prowling the streets of Glasgow in search of raw flesh.
As the alt/indie descendant of Natasha Henstridge in Species, Scarlett Johansson is initially predatory, her clipped English vowels and thousand-yard stare effectively suggesting an imitation of life,...
- 3/16/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!
Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.
- 2/26/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Second #6251, 104:11
Sounds
1. “He put his disease in me.” (Dorothy to Sandy, around three seconds before this frame.)
2. Blue Velvet’s sound designer was the late Alan Splet, who had worked with Lynch beginning with his short film The Grandmother, in 1970.
3. In the distance, growing louder, the wail of an ambulance siren, which will arrive immediately after this shot for Dorothy.
4. The sound of Sandy crying, gradually drowned out by the wail of the siren.
5. What if the siren is, secretly, Sandy’s red thoughts at this moment, an outward auditory expression of her inner turmoil? Sergei Eisenstein, from “A Course in Treatment,” 1932:
How fascinating to listen to one’s own train of thought, particularly in an excited state, in order to catch yourself looking at and listening to your mind. How you talk ‘to yourself’ as distinct from ‘out of yourself.’ The syntax of inner speech as distinct from outer speech.
Sounds
1. “He put his disease in me.” (Dorothy to Sandy, around three seconds before this frame.)
2. Blue Velvet’s sound designer was the late Alan Splet, who had worked with Lynch beginning with his short film The Grandmother, in 1970.
3. In the distance, growing louder, the wail of an ambulance siren, which will arrive immediately after this shot for Dorothy.
4. The sound of Sandy crying, gradually drowned out by the wail of the siren.
5. What if the siren is, secretly, Sandy’s red thoughts at this moment, an outward auditory expression of her inner turmoil? Sergei Eisenstein, from “A Course in Treatment,” 1932:
How fascinating to listen to one’s own train of thought, particularly in an excited state, in order to catch yourself looking at and listening to your mind. How you talk ‘to yourself’ as distinct from ‘out of yourself.’ The syntax of inner speech as distinct from outer speech.
- 7/2/2012
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
David Lynch box set
The box set can be a blessing for those who file their movies. For instance, where would you put Eraserhead? Is it science fiction, horror or comedy? It's all and none of those. Better to put it with all the other David Lynch films, and now – thanks to this impressive Blu-ray box set – you can.
Where some great films have been a missed opportunity when transferred to HD, the Lynch collection does the job properly. The picket fences in Blue Velvet have never looked so perfect; Eraserhead takes you much further into its harrowing nightmare world; the flames that burn through Wild At Heart seem more dangerous and vibrant. Those Lynch films that are, often unfairly, held in lower regard are ripened for reappraisal: the wonderful Dune has some of his strangest and most imaginative moments, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me stands as a deep,...
The box set can be a blessing for those who file their movies. For instance, where would you put Eraserhead? Is it science fiction, horror or comedy? It's all and none of those. Better to put it with all the other David Lynch films, and now – thanks to this impressive Blu-ray box set – you can.
Where some great films have been a missed opportunity when transferred to HD, the Lynch collection does the job properly. The picket fences in Blue Velvet have never looked so perfect; Eraserhead takes you much further into its harrowing nightmare world; the flames that burn through Wild At Heart seem more dangerous and vibrant. Those Lynch films that are, often unfairly, held in lower regard are ripened for reappraisal: the wonderful Dune has some of his strangest and most imaginative moments, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me stands as a deep,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
O Captain! The Movie Pool goes to school on the Dead Poets Society Blu-ray!
The Set-up
A new teacher (Robin Williams) at a stuffy, traditional boarding school uses uncoventional methods to inspire his students to "Seize the Day."
Written by: Tom Schulman
Directed by: Peter Weir
The Delivery
Over twenty years after its release, Dead Poets Society holds up incredibly well as a modern classic. Featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Robin Williams, the film is an earnest, inspirational tale that never drifts into sappy sentimentality. That is a credit to the smart screenplay by Tom Schulman and the guiding hand of director Peter Weir, who provide an excellent audio commentary on the Blu-ray.
After all these years, I am surprised how much of the film has entered American pop culture. English teachers might argue otherwise, but the film popularized the phrases "Seize the day" and "O Captain! My Captain!" to our current generation.
The Set-up
A new teacher (Robin Williams) at a stuffy, traditional boarding school uses uncoventional methods to inspire his students to "Seize the Day."
Written by: Tom Schulman
Directed by: Peter Weir
The Delivery
Over twenty years after its release, Dead Poets Society holds up incredibly well as a modern classic. Featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Robin Williams, the film is an earnest, inspirational tale that never drifts into sappy sentimentality. That is a credit to the smart screenplay by Tom Schulman and the guiding hand of director Peter Weir, who provide an excellent audio commentary on the Blu-ray.
After all these years, I am surprised how much of the film has entered American pop culture. English teachers might argue otherwise, but the film popularized the phrases "Seize the day" and "O Captain! My Captain!" to our current generation.
- 1/27/2012
- by medina.victor@sbcglobal.net (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
Chicago – I worry that future generations will only know Robin Williams for his late-career missteps like “Old Dogs,” one of the most truly reprehensible excuses for a film in the last ten years. Believe it or not kiddies, there once was a time when the man formerly known as Mork was one of our most interesting actors, a guy who spoke for creative freedom and starred in a string of critical hits, two of which were recently released on Blu-ray.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Barry Levinson’s “Good Morning, Vietnam” was a true breakthrough for Williams, an actor who had been reasonably respected for (in films like “The World According to Garp”) but still looked like he could go either way — more Steve Guttenberg than Tom Hanks. “Vietnam” gave us an actor willing to take chances, a larger than life personality with a mission. It clearly involved a subject matter and freedom...
Blu-ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Barry Levinson’s “Good Morning, Vietnam” was a true breakthrough for Williams, an actor who had been reasonably respected for (in films like “The World According to Garp”) but still looked like he could go either way — more Steve Guttenberg than Tom Hanks. “Vietnam” gave us an actor willing to take chances, a larger than life personality with a mission. It clearly involved a subject matter and freedom...
- 1/24/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The We Are Movie Geeks interview with Kurtwood Smith, who played Mr. Perry in Dead Poet’S Society, can be found Here.
The beloved 1987 Disney drama Dead Poets Society has graduated to Blu-ray, and to the film’s many, many fans, the new hi-def transfer is going to be a godsend. The first thing you’ll notice is that the colors are stunningly vibrant and deep. The subject did not lend itself to a wealth of coloring in the film, but every color handled by the transfer is vivid and perfectly saturated. The blue skies and reds that appear throughout the film look very good. In perfect contrast to the brightly lit interiors and exteriors are the more darkly lit scenes which feature deep black levels and never lose any detail. The film does have a few moments of film grain, but the general condition of the source materials results...
The beloved 1987 Disney drama Dead Poets Society has graduated to Blu-ray, and to the film’s many, many fans, the new hi-def transfer is going to be a godsend. The first thing you’ll notice is that the colors are stunningly vibrant and deep. The subject did not lend itself to a wealth of coloring in the film, but every color handled by the transfer is vivid and perfectly saturated. The blue skies and reds that appear throughout the film look very good. In perfect contrast to the brightly lit interiors and exteriors are the more darkly lit scenes which feature deep black levels and never lose any detail. The film does have a few moments of film grain, but the general condition of the source materials results...
- 1/17/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Release Date: Jan. 17, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $20.00, standard-definition digital download $14.99, high-definition digital download $20.00
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The Blu-ray debut of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society is timed to the release of another drama starring Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam. Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for both movies and passed up for both. Dead Poets Society, however, did win an Oscar for its screenplay.
Directed by Peter Weir (The Way Back), the film stars Williams (What Dreams May Come) as professor John Keating at Welton Academy, where students are groomed for conformity and tradition. When Keating arrives, however, he teaches his students “Carpe Diem,” to live life to its fullest. While he awakens the spirits of the students, Keating also draws the wrath of the faculty when an unexpected tragedy strikes the school.
Robert Sean Leonard (TV’s House), Ethan Hawke (Moby Dick) and Josh Charles (TV’s...
Price: Blu-ray $20.00, standard-definition digital download $14.99, high-definition digital download $20.00
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The Blu-ray debut of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society is timed to the release of another drama starring Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam. Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for both movies and passed up for both. Dead Poets Society, however, did win an Oscar for its screenplay.
Directed by Peter Weir (The Way Back), the film stars Williams (What Dreams May Come) as professor John Keating at Welton Academy, where students are groomed for conformity and tradition. When Keating arrives, however, he teaches his students “Carpe Diem,” to live life to its fullest. While he awakens the spirits of the students, Keating also draws the wrath of the faculty when an unexpected tragedy strikes the school.
Robert Sean Leonard (TV’s House), Ethan Hawke (Moby Dick) and Josh Charles (TV’s...
- 10/27/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Robin Williams Returns In Blu-ray. Carpe Diem . Seize the Day!
Academy Award® Winner for Best Original Screenplay!
.Dead Poets Society. Graduates To Blu-ray., January 17, 2012
Academy Award winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) delivers one of his most memorable performances in Dead Poets Society . digitally restored and presented for the first time ever in breathtaking Blu-rayTM High Definition.
For generations, Welton Academy students have been groomed to live lives of conformity and tradition . until new professor John Keating inspires them to think for themselves, live life to the fullest and .Carpe Diem.. This unconventional approach awakens the spirits of the students, but draws the wrath of a disapproving faculty when an unexpected tragedy strikes the school. With unforgettable characters and beautiful cinematography, Dead Poets Society will captivate and inspire you time and time again..
Talent/Cast: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting); Ethan Hawke (Training Day); Robert Sean Leonard...
Academy Award® Winner for Best Original Screenplay!
.Dead Poets Society. Graduates To Blu-ray., January 17, 2012
Academy Award winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) delivers one of his most memorable performances in Dead Poets Society . digitally restored and presented for the first time ever in breathtaking Blu-rayTM High Definition.
For generations, Welton Academy students have been groomed to live lives of conformity and tradition . until new professor John Keating inspires them to think for themselves, live life to the fullest and .Carpe Diem.. This unconventional approach awakens the spirits of the students, but draws the wrath of a disapproving faculty when an unexpected tragedy strikes the school. With unforgettable characters and beautiful cinematography, Dead Poets Society will captivate and inspire you time and time again..
Talent/Cast: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting); Ethan Hawke (Training Day); Robert Sean Leonard...
- 10/18/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Second #940, 15:40
“That’s kind of interesting,” Sandy says, laughing, after Jeffrey has—out of the blue—demonstrated the chicken walk. Blue Velvet was the last Lynch film on which Alan Splet designed sound and in this scene, like so many others, it’s as if we are enveloped in an auditory cocoon. “Sound is very important,” Lynch has said, “because it really is half the film. With film, the whole can be greater than the parts if you have the sound, the image, and sequence of scenes right.” At right around second #940, the film cuts to this shot, and the sound of Sandy’s and Jeffrey’s conversation nearly drops out, leaving the noise of the night—crickets, the mournful wail of a distant train—to fill the auditory space. Suddenly, everything seems creaky and full of potential. Sandy and Jeffrey occupy only a small part of the frame space now,...
“That’s kind of interesting,” Sandy says, laughing, after Jeffrey has—out of the blue—demonstrated the chicken walk. Blue Velvet was the last Lynch film on which Alan Splet designed sound and in this scene, like so many others, it’s as if we are enveloped in an auditory cocoon. “Sound is very important,” Lynch has said, “because it really is half the film. With film, the whole can be greater than the parts if you have the sound, the image, and sequence of scenes right.” At right around second #940, the film cuts to this shot, and the sound of Sandy’s and Jeffrey’s conversation nearly drops out, leaving the noise of the night—crickets, the mournful wail of a distant train—to fill the auditory space. Suddenly, everything seems creaky and full of potential. Sandy and Jeffrey occupy only a small part of the frame space now,...
- 9/21/2011
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
(As our editor Matt Holmes turns 25 today, he’s out of office and we are going to re-publish some old favourites.)
With the frustrating news breaking last week that Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness (based on an H.P. Lovecraft story) is ‘dead’, I began thinking about some of the other potentially great projects that audiences were tragically destined to never see. From further research it’s clear that the major directors that have worked within the industry have abandoned vast numbers of productions that would have easily been big money makers and both critical and financial successes. Indeed, filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Orson Welles have abandoned dozens of projects, even after beginning production on some of them!
Read on to discover the ten unrealised features that we’d love to have seen completed…
10. George Sluizer’S Dark Blood
George Sluizer’s...
With the frustrating news breaking last week that Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness (based on an H.P. Lovecraft story) is ‘dead’, I began thinking about some of the other potentially great projects that audiences were tragically destined to never see. From further research it’s clear that the major directors that have worked within the industry have abandoned vast numbers of productions that would have easily been big money makers and both critical and financial successes. Indeed, filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Orson Welles have abandoned dozens of projects, even after beginning production on some of them!
Read on to discover the ten unrealised features that we’d love to have seen completed…
10. George Sluizer’S Dark Blood
George Sluizer’s...
- 7/25/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Getty Images Sir Ben Kingsley, Daniela Lavender and Terry Gilliam
Eyewear brand Persol, recognizable to style watchers and cinemaphiles alike as the company behind Steve McQueen’s specs and Marcello Mastroianni’s La Dolce Vita chic, debuted an exhibition in honor of cinematic artifacts in Chelsea.
“Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftmanship in Film,” will be open to the public at Chelsea’s Center 548 through Sunday, June 19 before traveling to Paris and Milan. The exhibit features mixed-media looks at past “obsessions,...
Eyewear brand Persol, recognizable to style watchers and cinemaphiles alike as the company behind Steve McQueen’s specs and Marcello Mastroianni’s La Dolce Vita chic, debuted an exhibition in honor of cinematic artifacts in Chelsea.
“Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftmanship in Film,” will be open to the public at Chelsea’s Center 548 through Sunday, June 19 before traveling to Paris and Milan. The exhibit features mixed-media looks at past “obsessions,...
- 6/17/2011
- by Elva Ramirez
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
With the frustrating news breaking last weak that Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness (based on an H.P. Lovecraft story) is ‘dead’, I began thinking about some of the other potentially great projects that audiences were tragically destined to never see. From further research it’s clear that the major directors that have worked within the industry have abandoned vast numbers of productions that would have easily been big money makers and both critical and financial successes. Indeed, filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch and Orson Welles have abandoned dozens of projects, even after beginning production on some of them!
Read on to discover the ten unrealised features that we’d love to have seen completed…
10. George Sluizer’S Dark Blood
George Sluizer’s Dark Blood starred River Phoenix as Boy, a widower who lives as a hermit on a nuclear testing site. In this tale of a dystopian future,...
Read on to discover the ten unrealised features that we’d love to have seen completed…
10. George Sluizer’S Dark Blood
George Sluizer’s Dark Blood starred River Phoenix as Boy, a widower who lives as a hermit on a nuclear testing site. In this tale of a dystopian future,...
- 3/15/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
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