I wish someone had asked him why.

It wasn't "one" of his favourites but his absolute Favourite Film. Lynch said that Kubrick took his friends to the cinema telling them he's gonna show them his favourite film. The Shining's sound design was heavily inspired by Eraserhead.

​@@LearningaboutMovies He probably found it hilarious that a film like that was even made. But being serious, Kubrick appreciated the inspiration the works of others could bring and he praised that. He actually admired things like "white men can't jump" but nobody mentions that often. It means nothing much but the fact that he probably saw a particular shot that he liked a lot and wanted to try a similar thing, or he found something well crafted. In the case of "eraserhead" probably has to do with certain images and with the way it affects through the "background" sources, the subliminal aspect in which translates old sitcoms into that current time. I have no doubt Kubrick could appreciate that since his films have a key element in subliminal messages and crafting that which the subconscious mind will receive without being noticed by the awareness of the audience. The only reason that strikes as "meaningful" beyond that, it's because Lynch is bloated beyond his merits and in combination, if people consider him a genius and someone like Kubrick admired one of his films, then he must be it without question. Yet nobody cares if Kubrick liked "modern romance" or "white men can't jump", because it doesn't attach to a bloated figure they need to justify. I mean... after all, Kubrick was brilliant and somehow he had to look down on something to find inspiration about how to describe a swamp. You go look into a swamp to achieve that.

What a flim

Because there was no high caliber movie than that pushover movie to be scary. This movie hurt my brain a little and I almost got sleepy when about to end realising the movie doenst even tell a story.

yes!

True

for sure!

that's is a fascinating collection of movies to watch. When my wife was in the hospital with our last one, I remember watching Kind Heart and Coronets, and Knute Rockne: American Hero (or whatever the one is with Ronald Reagan). Yes, I was watching TCM.

@@LearningaboutMovies love it!

Oy veh.

that's very good. thanks!

It’s crazy how you mention that. I just watched this movie for the first time and my first thought was he reminds me of Charlie Chaplin in the beginning when he is just walking around. My second thought was this movie would have been a comeback type movie for the actor Charlie Chaplin if he was in it. Kinda like how when comedy actors do “serious” roles later in their career . I know he died the year it came out ( and too old) but that would have been cool . Especially since it would totally confirm your take on the movie.

@@cullmnt what's also funny (in a way for a Gen X-er like myself), that now 1977 is about half-way between 2023 and 1927, or around the time 'talkies' began ... history flies by fast, trust me

thank you, good comment.

Well said. I was amazed how he stayed civil with all that crazy world he lives in.

Did he really stay civil tho by the end? Or perhaps you mean for as long as he did. - Yet of course I think no one could put up with that existence forever, even if/as a dream it represents what it felt like to him. He did end up killing the “baby” and embracing death (where everything’s “fine”)

have not seen that but intended to after watching (a few years ago) Jodorowsky's Dune. Probably will push up watching it to this next month on this rec. Looks ... interesting.

Holy Mountain is fantastic. Also very surreal. Some amazing sets and concepts.

thank you.

the cicadas are like that here, too. I recall them giving me tinnitus temporarily many times.

Thank you very much.

very interesting observation! thank you.

arguable that all great movies are.

very good.

expect odd, very odd.

It is not great. I too had it on the watch list and was very disappointed.

Did you watch it yet?

@@Thelastspartankiller no XD

thank you very much. great comment.

better than most.

my writeup on Mulholland is not favorable. I saw it in a Philip K Dick vein -- one of my favorite writers -- and in that light it does not compare. it's on letterboxd.

excellent!

do you have any recommendations for the horror and science fiction books and movies ?

hmmm

I'm surprised they play any at all!

I am happy to consider those.

indeed!

Why’s that

@@thenero9493 I was just asking him about Lynch movies a few days ago. Serendipitous that he posted this video next.

thank you.

thank you.

It depends on what surreal means. I could classify Malick as such, though his is a dreamier/beautiful surrealism.

@@LearningaboutMovies Do you think the series twin peaks fits this type of dreamlike/surrealism? because i am thinking of watching it.

does he have a recurring nightmare?

there's a brief review on this channel of Wages of Fear.

thank you for the correction!

Thanks

yep.

not sure. I always recommend Elephant Man and Straight Story to ordinary moviegoers/casual viewers. Both likable and not too weird, yet Lynchian. I did not review Mulholland favorably (look up my writeup on letterboxd), but do not tell anybody! (many get mad by such views).

@@LearningaboutMovies Oh yes I have seen elephant man, I forgot that was a Lynch film that's quite good. I agree with some of the things you say in your Mullholland Dr review. From my observations, the movie is about the lies we tell ourselves and the absurdities we conjure up in our heads as a method to rationalise and deal with failure and hardships we may suffer in life, in the case of Mullholland Dr, the failures an actress may suffer in pursuit of a Hollywood career- and how these kinds of people deal with it. Like yourself, I can't really connect these kinds of themes to myself, and the message I think it tries to signal to its viewers, or at least the one I got, doesn't really resonate with me at all. Movies that deal with more important and bigger issues like existentialism, the nature of man, spirituality, political and social critiques are things that are more my taste.

@@LearningaboutMovies Munholland drive is total masterpice

@@LearningaboutMovies I 10000000000%agree with you, Munholland drive have such a cult and standard peoples ho go to cinema think that is Lord of the rings Gladiator, Psycho,, Shawshank redemption and movies like that, Munholland drive is for us ho seen almost all Fellini, Bergman, Kurusawa, Billy Wilder, Wiliam Willer, David Lean, Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Mankiewicz, Altman, Lumet, Leone, Copolla, Fincher, Scott, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Cohen brothers, Del Toro, Inarritu, Cauron, Tarkovski and so many others great directors, Munholland drive, Vertigo and Fight club are masteripices but in time of this movies critic are awful to this movies only Munholland drive is by critic do well and Linch is nominated for best director at oscars, today this movies are golden standard for movies, same with Tarkovski Mirror or Tokyo story

I forgot the question.

I think everybody who likes it would be able to say your second sentence.

thank you

glad you like those movies.

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