David Lynch

Regarded as one of the most important directors of our century, David Lynch, was born in 1946 in Missoula, Missouri. Lynch is also a screenwriter and producer and is one of the first to make surrealism popular. Through his critically acclaimed films like Elephant Man, Eraser Head and Blue Velvet, he earned his title as the first to make surrealism popular. Like any surrealist worth his salt, Lynch creates his own version of reality, with its own set of often unfathomable and inexplicably, but emotionally

man’s hose mysteriously gargling and tangling, and we witness him collapse from a brutal stroke. The camera then penetrates the slick grass and reveals the teeming and voracious insects chewing away at a saturated version of small-town America. Lynch meets the conventions of Hollywood cinema within Blue Velvet, but transforms them all to discover new truths. In what could have been a tired Hollywood cliché, the opening sequence becomes a mutated vision of America with illness, insects, haunting

Kubrick and Lynch on the Patriarchy Stanley Kubrick’s great breadth of work spans over forty-eight years, and due to both his longevity and skill, he has influenced filmmakers from several generations. Kubrick has been named as a creative influence for a myriad of filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and Christopher Nolan [2,3]. Kubrick presents sensitive events in an unbiased manner, withholding an opinion on the topic. By not offering a resolution

Ever heard of the show ATLANTA? Probably not, on the spectrum of things, it’s a show on FX that not many people knew about. And, if you did it was because Donald Glover was the main star of it. Not to say that is the sole reason why people appreciated and watched the show, but it is a part of the reason why. Glover has not only played a part in COMMUNITY, but directed and produced the show itself. He even has an “alter ego,” as you would call it, called Childish Gambino who raps under the hip-hop

The Elephant Man English 225 Introduction To Film 11/3/2012 I chose to critique the film “The Elephant Man” it is an iconic filmmaking endeavor. Director David Lynch shows the sadness and the scariness of deformities onto the audience in a way that touches your heart and leaves you with a sense of sadness and will also leave a tear in your eye. Most of the people who have watched this film are touched and completely changes the way they view crippled, weak, and deformed people in this world

In this essay, I will offer up my analysis on the film Mulholland Drive directed by David Lynch. The best way to describe this film would be that it is an enigma. I had no idea what to make of this film on my first viewing. After watching the film a few more times I believe I cracked the code. Lynch is known for not speaking about the meaning of his films. He believes you should interpret the film like you would interpret a work of art. Now I shall delve deep into the nightmare noir that is Mulholland

Like many of the other students in class, all I could think at the conclusion of the film was, “What the hell did I just watch?” The film Mulholland Dr., directed by David Lynch, takes it’s viewers through a whirlwind of richly textured layers and intricate symbolism. Just as the subtext of the story is difficult to understand, the context of this story at the surface is quite complicated. It’s by deciphering the symbols and metaphors within the film, that viewers can be able to understand the driving

Most likely among the most popular and famous kind of meditation occurs to be transcendental meditation, likewise common as TM. Maharishi began a tour worldwide in 1958 coaching this method to those in the Far East. Eventually he would provide lectures in Europe and the USA also on this technique of meditation. Celebrities have been embracing the positive aspects of meditation for years. It all started when Paul McCartney, and the rest of The Beatles, looked into meditation with Maharishi Mahesh

The opening scene in David Lynch's Blue Velvet portrays the theme of the entire film. During this sequence he uses a pattern of showing the audience pleasant images, and then disturbing images to contrast the two. The first shot of the roses over the picket fence and the title track "Blue Velvet" establishes the setting (Lumberton) as a typical suburban town. The camera starts on a bright blue sky with birds chirping and flying by and then tilts down to bright red roses over a bright white fence

Blue Velvet: Scene Analysis The opening scene in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet portrays the theme of the entire film. During this sequence he uses a pattern of showing the audience pleasant images, and then disturbing images to contrast the two. The first shot of the roses over the picket fence and the title track “Blue Velvet” establishes the setting (Lumberton) as a typical suburban town. The camera starts on a bright blue sky with birds chirping and flying by and then tilts down to bright