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You've got to be into the series to get the whole story unfortunately, but its worth it. Sometimes I can't grasp how David Lynch gets such remarkable performances out of completely mediorce actors. And musicians... (Chris Isaak & David Bowie, yikes!) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 02:20 AM 5/5/01, jacob lewandowski wrote:

quoted 2 lines You've got to be into the series to get the whole story unfortunately, but

>You've got to be into the series to get the whole story unfortunately, but >its worth it.

I dunno about that. I was a big fan of the TV series (well, half of it - it was great until the end of the Laura Palmer storyline, but then it pretty much sucked until Lynch came back to direct the last episode), but I thought the movie was pretty weak. It had some good moments, but had too much of the "weird for weird's sake" stuff that Lynch often falls prey to. Of course, I also thought that Lost Highway was a heaping, streaming pile of pretentious horseshit, while many folks praised it as his best film in years. And I never really cared for Eraserhead either, although the soundtrack is great. Greg --- Greg Clow - greg@stainedproductions.com - greg@feedbackmonitor.com concert & event promotions - http://www.stainedproductions.com electronic music radio/reviews/interviews - http://www.feedbackmonitor.com 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor - Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 - Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 5 lines I dunno about that. I was a big fan of the TV series (well, half of it - it

>I dunno about that. I was a big fan of the TV series (well, half of it - it >was great until the end of the Laura Palmer storyline, but then it pretty >much sucked until Lynch came back to direct the last episode), but I >thought the movie was pretty weak. It had some good moments, but had too >much of the "weird for weird's sake" stuff that Lynch often falls prey to.

That's because the original length of Fire Walk With Me is something like 3 and a half hours and when they edited the movie to 2 hours something, some of the weird bits (such as the white horse in the bedroom for instance) were still a part of it, which doesn't make the movie easier to understand... :-)

quoted 4 lines Of course, I also thought that Lost Highway was a heaping, streaming pile

>Of course, I also thought that Lost Highway was a heaping, streaming pile >of pretentious horseshit, while many folks praised it as his best film in >years. And I never really cared for Eraserhead either, although the >soundtrack is great.

David Lynch and Barry Gifford who co-wrote Lost Highway have apparently never confirmed to each other what some of the symbolism used in the movie meant. Eventually, they found it more appropriate to see what meaning the viewers would come up with given that there's no "official" meaning to many parts of the movie. However, this is definitely one of my favorite movies ever, be it only for the cinematography. Topher. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org