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Paul Thomas Anderson is a living, working, current filmmaker which puts him at an extreme disadvantage to being on my radar. I have a proclivity for the work of directors long passed or those with a surrealist bent, neither category would be home to Paul Thomas Anderson. Each year, however, I embark on the quest …
There is a well-documented history of artists and creative types living tormented lives and being unable to assimilate into society as easily as others seem to. I, for one, am a huge fan of not only the paintings of Vincent van Gogh but also the story of his life and his trouble with practicing his …
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It's difficult, now that Twin Peaks: The Return exists, to not look at all of David Lynch's output as one cohesive stream of artistic development. The Return proved to be a shining jewel on the crown of David Lynch's career as a filmmaker, incorporating themes and imagery that he has explored since he began to …
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David Lynch and Mel Brooks sound like a cinematic partnership that teeters on the edge between the surrealism of a Lynch film and a gag from a Brooks film. Nevertheless, these two would work together in 1980 on Lynch's second feature, The Elephant Man. Simultaneously, yet separately, both Brooks and Lynch had interest in seeing …
Eraserhead, the 1977 feature film debut by director David Lynch, is a stunning achievement of dedication and artistic commitment, and also happens to be my all-time favorite film. Upon my introduction to David Lynch through a screening of Mulholland Drive in my first ever film class in college, I quickly decided that I needed to …
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