David Lynch and a life lived outside the frame

Mr. Lynch was a director’s director, an artist who operated well outside the mainstream, sometimes far outside of it, but whose appeal occasionally crossed over in both classic films such as The Elephant Man and the birth of prestige TV with Twin Peaks.  David Lynch as had a career perhaps as strange as the film’s… Continue reading David Lynch and a life lived outside the frame

New Year’s, the mysteries of aging, and whether we’d really want to go back in time to be our younger selves

It’s human nature, but if you value what you have now, what you’ve seen, done, and hopefully learned, why would you want to go back to a point where you had none of it or at least less of it? Aging is a funny thing to say the least.  I suspect almost all of us… Continue reading New Year’s, the mysteries of aging, and whether we’d really want to go back in time to be our younger selves

Inland Empire and the mad genius of David Lynch

The enigmatic, often inscrutable Inland Empire intentionally defies, if not outright demolishes, traditional narratives at every turn.  Instead of a single, linear story, we have four, almost circular primary threads.  The making of the film in the first place also prompts a lot of questions, something of a mystery in and of itself.  Ultimately, this… Continue reading Inland Empire and the mad genius of David Lynch