tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post6948790119003145122..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Industrial Symphony No. 1Ed Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-36166101978332065262009-05-11T22:01:00.000-04:002009-05-11T22:01:00.000-04:00I've gone through different stages in my appreciat...I've gone through different stages in my appreciation of Mulholland Drive - after my initial reaction, which was pretty evenly balanced between the visceral wonder engendered by the movie and appreciation of its ingenious structure, I leaned more towards loving its irrational aspects even to the point of resenting the "explanations" Lynch provides for his dreamlike material. Now I've moved more Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-66239683280660560012009-05-11T17:41:00.000-04:002009-05-11T17:41:00.000-04:00You'll certainly get no arguments from me about Mu...You'll certainly get no arguments from me about <I>Mulholland Dr.</I> I think it's Lynch's best and most successful movie, and is easily one of my favorite films. It's simultaneously a celebration and a critique of Hollywood: a complex and multi-layered examination of Hollywood's treatment of women, cloaked in a collage of genre tropes. <br /><br />I think the problem people have with <I>Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-46530831597574692892009-05-11T16:24:00.000-04:002009-05-11T16:24:00.000-04:00Ed, I guess I felt the DIY feel to the end came fr...Ed, I guess I felt the DIY feel to the end came from a combination of being Lynch's first video feature and the "loose" feel of all the cast members getting down as if Lynch & them were letting down a facade. It just didn't work for me, but then perhaps I misunderstood what he was going for.<br /><br />You're exactly right about Lynch being situated perfectly for an Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-43303660587856966792009-05-11T11:57:00.000-04:002009-05-11T11:57:00.000-04:00I hadn't really considered INLAND EMPIRE as trying...I hadn't really considered <I>INLAND EMPIRE</I> as trying to establish any "DIY" cred. The closing credits are a party, but what makes them specifically a DIY party? It's a film that engages very consciously with the mechanisms of Hollywood and fame and celebrity. Lynch is I think uniquely positioned to make these movies because he is, as you point out, both inside and outside the system. So he Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-62365633557869640792009-05-11T11:35:00.000-04:002009-05-11T11:35:00.000-04:00I always felt that INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY works as a ...I always felt that INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY works as a mood piece. It excels at one of the things that Lynch does best - create a rich and textured atmosphere. I also find it interesting that everything found on the stage during this performance piece pretty much sums up Lynch's thematic preoccupations/motifs: 1950s fashion, wood, industrial tools/imagery, '50s music, grotesque/nightmarish imagery, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-60862789356557944552009-05-11T11:26:00.000-04:002009-05-11T11:26:00.000-04:00Ed, you raise another interesting point here which...Ed, you raise another interesting point here which is that Lynch is at once the most personal and the least personal of auteurs. The most because his vision is obviously so unique, his style so immediately identifiable - the least because, like a Deist God, he seems to set the wheels turning and then leave the room - his world seems to be spinning of its own accord.<br /><br />What irritated me Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-2374114019338463542009-05-10T22:39:00.000-04:002009-05-10T22:39:00.000-04:00Well, I wouldn't say it irritates me, and I think ...Well, I wouldn't say it irritates me, and I think <I>INLAND EMPIRE</I> is utterly intoxicating, a succession of rabbit holes luring the viewer further and further inward. Lynch is a personal filmmaker, just in an a rather unusual way. He's not making films about himself in any real sense, even when he's making films about filmmaking, but at the same time there's no denying that every frame of a Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-2859540898685612302009-05-10T14:35:00.000-04:002009-05-10T14:35:00.000-04:00"you don't get the sense (as you often do with God..."you don't get the sense (as you often do with Godard and Rivette) that Lynch is letting the audience in on *his own* filmmaking process."<br /><br /><I>exactly.</I> Even Bergman, whose "reveals" were equally formalized (that's an impeccably composed tear in the film halfway through Persona) gave a bit more of the sense that we were looking into his particular process, this particular film being Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-81096394198843333062009-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:002009-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:00MovieMan, I agree that it's interesting to see the...MovieMan, I agree that it's interesting to see the occasional rough edges in Lynch's usually polished work. The Twin Peaks European pilot is a good example, though there I don't think Lynch was really trying to make a satisfying piece of art. He was required by contract to give the pilot a standalone resolution for the European market, so he complied, knowing full well that it wouldn't really Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-8175947610129820142009-05-10T13:37:00.000-04:002009-05-10T13:37:00.000-04:00Very interesting look at a project I'd heard o...Very interesting look at a project I'd heard of, but didn't know much about. I had no idea it was centered around Cruise's (& Badalemnti's & Lynch's) music, which is one of the very best things about a very good show.<br /><br />It is interesting to see Lynch overreach and fumble on occasion - his craft and feel for his material is usually so impeccable that it's Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-90084677430583314372009-05-10T00:47:00.000-04:002009-05-10T00:47:00.000-04:00Thanks, guys. Carson, it's a weird film, one that ...Thanks, guys. Carson, it's a weird film, one that Lynch fans will certainly find interesting even though it isn't really successful in its own right. It was recently released on DVD for the first time, but is only contained within the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EAWMPQ?ie=UTF8&tag=disitsopp-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001EAWMPQ" REL="nofollow">Lime Green Set</A> thatEd Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-19604897870072080572009-05-09T12:30:00.000-04:002009-05-09T12:30:00.000-04:00Really good write-up. One note: I'm pretty sure Ly...Really good write-up. One note: I'm pretty sure Lynch had already done the first season or so of Twin Peaks at the time he made this.Matt Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312549464637574688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-1080344925498429312009-05-09T11:51:00.000-04:002009-05-09T11:51:00.000-04:00Very cool. To support your first paragraph, I inde...Very cool. To support your first paragraph, I indeed have not heard of this film. I am a huge Lynch fan though and have seen a myriad of his short art pieces, but this one has never struck my consciousness. I am well versed in the works that you say this film builds off of or into, so I'd love to see it. How did you get a hold of it?Carson Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.com