ROTTEN TOMATOES: RTIndie: A News Wrap-Up, Plus David Lynch's Latest Antics Comments

RTIndie: A News Wrap-Up, Plus David Lynch's Latest Antics

by Jen Yamato | November 14, 2006

Summary

Faced with "Volver" performing well (again) and "Babel"'s expansion into wide release (big time), "The Queen" lost a bit of box office momentum last weekend with the indie crowd. Read on for more of the latest indie/art-house news. Back to Article

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FireflyFan4evr writes:
on Nov 14 2006 09:09 PM

Ugh. I don't see what the big deal about Lynch is anyways. I can't stand his incoherent, messed up crapfest movies. I know everyone will rag on me for saying this, but I don't care. All the film profs at my university treat him like the almighty God of film making, yet nobody else can understand why. Just because you can confuse a lot of people, it doesn't mean you're worth the film your movie is printed on.

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nogard64 writes:
on Nov 14 2006 10:39 PM

In reply to this comment (#848844)
reading your rant is like listening to a 5 year old who thinks gravity is fake and magic is what makes everything fall down. You don't even know what you dont know.

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Aqueryan Reloaded writes:
on Nov 14 2006 10:56 PM

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Man, if you don't see what the big deal about Lynch is, then I honestly feel sorry for you. Perhaps when you mature a bit with age you'll come to realize how painfully embarassing your proud denunciation of his genius is. For it is your perception (of his work) that is flawed - not the work itself. Trust me. Despite what you may wish to believe to the contrary, the [high] esteem in which Lynch's films are held by his devotees is most assuredly not a case of 'the emperor's new clothes.' To say that "nobody else can understand why [your film profs treat him like the almighty God of filmmaking]" is a plain and simple fallacy. You (and a lot of other folks) may not 'get' Lynch, but do not confuse that condition with the notion that there is nothing to 'get'. Indeed, nothing could be further from the truth. There's an awful lot to 'get'...and the 'getting' is awfully good. :D

I'll grant you that Lynch's unique cinematic vision is - for the most part - an acquired taste...but those of us who have cultivated said taste - or just happen to be naturally predisposed to it - can attest to just how fulfilling it is.

So have a helping of humble pie and mayhaps you'll stand to benefit from doubt self-directed, paving the way for you to one day worship at the altar of the Almighty Lynch.

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Aqueryan Reloaded writes:
on Nov 14 2006 11:12 PM

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Ah, brevity truly is a virtue, nogard 64:

"You don't even know what you know."

In one short and sweet sentence you succeeded in conveying my own intended sentiment better than I mananged to accomplish in my own long-winded (and by comparison, somewhat pretentious sounding) three paragraph post. :D

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leetdrew writes:
on Nov 15 2006 12:06 AM

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Why do all Lynch fans sound like sci-fi geeks? If you want to praise art, or praise an artist, do it succinctly. They'll thank you for it.

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nogard64 writes:
on Nov 15 2006 12:27 AM

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haha its called don't wanna waste your damn time!

you see something that shocks you so much but you really really dont have the time to respond! so you make it short, plus who reads those long posts anyways? It becomes a shouting match when no one listens to anyone else, everyones just trying to be louder than the other person.

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nogard64 writes:
on Nov 15 2006 12:43 AM

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why do we sound like sci fi geeks? that seems really odd because the guy has only made one sci fi film.

for my money by my opinion Lynch is the epitome of great cinema. His movies are voyeuristic journeys into the real motives of man. What is the truth, what is the hidden reality? Why is something a taboo? Lynch is one of the few film makers who are daring enough to delve into these feelings and topics most of us won't discuss even with our love ones. And often times his journeys make up squirm and annoy because it often raises fear and anxiety in the viewers.

The odd thing is the number 1 complaint is "I don't get his films", how can people not get the most primal instincts of man? Are we so moral now we not only hide those feelings but we also deny them? Who doesnt have that jealous resentful feeling when your neighbor pulls up on a new porshe into the drive way? What man doesn't have one fleeting momemt of fantasy when they see a hot much younger college girl when their wife is 8 months pregant? Well if you are an honest person and you can accept these truly real humanistic feelings then you will be able to understand and watch a David Lynch movie.

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BuckRogers writes:
on Nov 15 2006 06:38 AM

Lynch's films have one thing in common, they are SO! boring. Don't get me wrong, i tried to like them straight. But seriously folks, HIS type of films can only be fully appriciated when one is stoned out of his mind.

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Praz writes:
on Nov 15 2006 07:46 AM

"The Lost Highway" made no sense whatsoever. I guess that's why Lynch fans like his movies - it gives them a chance to play pretentious pricks by "understanding" what's happening on the screen. I have a news flash for you - there's nothing to understand. None of it makes any sense. It may seem to, after the seventh time you've watched it. But in all honesty, you and I both know that you're just telling yourself that.

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Runawayrunaway! writes:
on Nov 15 2006 08:53 AM

Actually, Lost Highway is told from the perspective of an insane man who has murdered his wife and invents a fantasy version of what happened. I think Lynch confirmed this in the interview book Lynch on Lynch, or some version of it. Looking at it from that perspective, it makes a good deal of sense. I find it depressing that someone can be labeled "pretentious" for not making movies like anybody else has for the short period of time that film has existed. "Pretentious" is just a defense mechanism used by cynics to deflate something that doesn't fit their standards of what entertainment should be.

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FireflyFan4evr writes:
on Nov 15 2006 09:49 AM

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How true.

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the_NatureBoy_WOOOOO writes:
on Nov 15 2006 01:00 PM

I love how the Lynch haters just convince themselves that Lynch movies have no meaning. Why don't you guys stick to films like V for Vendetta. Leave Lynch for the big boys.

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lucidslumber writes:
on Nov 15 2006 02:13 PM

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[b]hold on....[/b]
first of all,Ill say that I AM a fan of lynch,and I do understand his place in the world of cinema.Do not reply with "shut up you dont understand go to hell wahwahwah".That,in turn, only justifies certain opinions you apperantly wish to eliminate.When someone turns up their nose at people because they dont "get,love,understand, cherish,and overall worship" the same films (or anything for that matter),they ARE being pretentious.The people that show instant disdain for any detractors of Lynch are NO better than the people that dismiss his body of work alltogether.

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FireflyFan4evr writes:
on Nov 15 2006 02:18 PM

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And that is why Ebert is a professed disliker of his movies (with the sole exception of Mulholland Dr.). With your logic, you're saying that the biggest film critic in the world isn't good enough for you just because he doesn't like Lynch? And please tell me how V for Vendetta is for people who are in some way more simple minded than those who like Lynch.

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Now it's dark writes:
on Nov 15 2006 09:43 PM

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Wow. Ebert. 'Nuff said.

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Jaka Tavers writes:
on Nov 16 2006 08:42 AM

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Yeah Ebert really knows his shit:

Garfield (14% TM) If they hadn't gotten Garfield right, nothing else would have mattered. But they did. And they've also solved the perplexing problem of how to integrate a cartoon cat into a world of real humans and animals.

Honeymooner (14% TM) A surprise and a delight, a movie that escapes the fate of weary TV retreads and creates characters that remember the originals, yes, but also stand on their own.

Van Helsing (22% TM) Spectacular and fun.

But hey even a stopped clock is right twice a day right.

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09m writes:
on Jan 31 2008 02:02 PM

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Ok, first off you little ****, lynch uses a filmmaking style called %u201Csurrealism.%u201D so your not supposed to understand it fully, you are supposed to make your own interruption of what the hell it means, but you are too reluctant to even try, and just suspect that you suppose to be spoon fed through the whole movie. So **** off you little dickbag

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