Mulholland Drive Freaks
..I didn't get the "freak show" feeling out of it, that you mentioned; I thought that was more in keeping with Blue Velvet, though.
Gene,
Exactly, that sir (Blue Velvet) was a freakshow, socially disfigured beings, Mullholland Drive' had some doozies: "The Cowboy", The Burnt Man, "Blue haired Woman", not to mention The "Sweet Elderly Couple" all metaphoric icons in the bowels of Hollywood society, which is actually more frightening, than any screen created horrific Beasts, simply because you realize there could people just like them secretly co-exsisting with you. What did you think about Lynch's take on dillusion? denial? I think that's the Message he wanted us to indulge in But, I don't expect to get it all. Also, look at the first half of the film vs. the second, he made it for television,it comes of as a parody, then he frees himself up with it's demise and pulls off "the goods" in homage to "Twin Peaks" becoming "Fire Walk With Me", The film is some erotically twisted Remix of all Lynchian past. The similiarities are painted all over the film, in grandure.
Jeff Wells
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..I didn't get the "freak show" feeling out of it, that you mentioned; I thought that was more in keeping with Blue Velvet, though.
Gene,
Exactly, that sir (Blue Velvet) was a freakshow, socially disfigured beings, Mullholland Drive' had some doozies: "The Cowboy", The Burnt Man, "Blue haired Woman", not to mention The "Sweet Elderly Couple" all metaphoric icons in the bowels of Hollywood society, which is actually more frightening, than any screen created horrific Beasts, simply because you realize there could people just like them secretly co-exsisting with you. What did you think about Lynch's take on dillusion? denial? I think that's the Message he wanted us to indulge in But, I don't expect to get it all. Also, look at the first half of the film vs. the second, he made it for television,it comes of as a parody, then he frees himself up with it's demise and pulls off "the goods" in homage to "Twin Peaks" becoming "Fire Walk With Me", The film is some erotically twisted Remix of all Lynchian past. The similiarities are painted all over the film, in grandure.
Jeff Wells
