David Lynch - Viewing Order?

[joshaube]

So, I've seen two David Lynch films. Mulholland Dr., which I thought was simply brilliant on all levels, and delivered the single best performance I have ever seen (the acting segment from Noami Watts) - and Lost Highway, which I didn't like quite so much.

I've decided to Marathon all of his films this weekend, and was wondering which order is suggested? I left out Twin Peaks, as well as the movie, due to not having them.

My interest in each is as follows...

The Elephant Man (least)
Wild At Heart
Eraserhead
Blue Velvet (most)

[Papillon Noir]

Don't forget Dune (not the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries), probably my favorite of his movies (along with Twin Peaks) as it has this bizarre Sci-Fi/Action story.

Out of those that you have, that you haven't seen. I would watch Blue Velvet first only as I think it's his best out of those four and much more entertaining.

[swiss tony]

exclude eraserhead. self indulgent piffle. weirdness for weirdness sake. lynch attempting to be a visionary artiste. dull weird shit! hate it:( aside from that, i share your thoughts on the rest of his work. what about lost highway? i hear it's good

[Roderick Usher]

Elephant Man is amazing!

I'd do Eraserhead last...as it will cloud your mind and not allow you to properly digest anything else for days.

So I'd do it:

1. WILD AT HEART - it's the Wizard of Oz done in Lynch's fetish world
2. ELEPHANT MAN - amazing acting, cinematography and story with odd bits of Lynchian weirdness thrown in.
3. BLUE VELVET - sexy, dirty and fun.
4. ERASERHEAD - like it or not, it will stay with you. Quite possibly the most tactile film of all time.

[The Mothman]

exclude eraserhead. self indulgent piffle. weirdness for weirdness sake. lynch attempting to be a visionary artiste. dull weird shit! hate it:( aside from that, i share your thoughts on the rest of his work. what about lost highway? i hear it's good

i cant understand why anyone could think that.
simply brilliant movie, on my top 10 fav movies list.
The most visually awesome film of its eram and probably one of the most meaningful films ive ever seen too. a lot of substance behind the surealism. ask Alkytio, he knows all about that stuff.

[Elvis_Christ]

I agree with Mr Usher do what he says or there will be trouble.

[crabapple]

Offhand I would probably say, Eraserhead, followed by Eraserhead and the Eraserhead, in that order.

[alkytrio666]

Offhand I would probably say, Eraserhead, followed by Eraserhead and the Eraserhead, in that order.
Ahaha, good man!

As Mothman said, I indulge myself quite often in the magic that is Eraserhead. It's incredible, really; it touches upon just about every worldly issue there is, and subtly pokes at us until we're sick, and we want to do something...but we can't. I hope that made sense. Anyway, PM me for a few interesting links on further thought on the film...after you've seen it.

Besides that, all the films you mentioned are good ones.

[swiss tony]

i cant understand why anyone could think that.
simply brilliant movie, on my top 10 fav movies list.
The most visually awesome film of its eram and probably one of the most meaningful films ive ever seen too. a lot of substance behind the surealism. ask Alkytio, he knows all about that stuff.

i'm probably a little superficial with my horror but if you point me in the direction of what i'm missing with the movie i'd be prepared to rewatch it with an open mind. what are the 'issues' it touches on? abortion's definitely in there.

[alkytrio666]

i'm probably a little superficial with my horror but if you point me in the direction of what i'm missing with the movie i'd be prepared to rewatch it with an open mind. what are the 'issues' it touches on? abortion's definitely in there.
First of all, you can't think of it as horror.


Chew on this:
http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/papers/wolfe.html

It's the analysis that comes closest to mine, and that I've found is incredibly well supported.
It's an intricate layout; read this, and then watch it again. Or watch it again and read this. Whatever.

[Phalanx]

Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

[swiss tony]

First of all, you can't think of it as horror.


Chew on this:
http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/papers/wolfe.html

It's the analysis that comes closest to mine, and that I've found is incredibly well supported.
It's an intricate layout; read this, and then watch it again. Or watch it again and read this. Whatever.

no probs. thanks

[joshaube]

I think I like Roderick_Usher's order. I will in no way be skipping Eraserhead. I just SKIMMED it, and I've been thinking about it ever since. The "In Heaven" song won't get out of my head. But I will skip The Elephant Man. I just have no interest in it, at the moment, and this will effect my opinion on it. 2Hrs is a lot to invest if you've already got the notion you won't like it. I'll watch it another time.

So...

Wild At Heart
Blue Velvet
Eraserhead.

[Angra]

If you've seen and loved Twin Peaks, you should definitely give "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" a try.

Other than being weird as hell it has some very creepy moments. ;)