Looking for a way to get into Lynch's work. I know, a little late, but I feel like I'm missing out on something with all the condolences going out today. I've heard good things about Twin Peaks? Does it still hold up?
What about his movies? I've heard great things about Mulholland Drive, although I was very confused when I got halfway through.
Are there other works that are better to start with or just that people generally recommend as being good?
He signed the Roman Polanski petition, so take that for what you will before deciding whether or not you want to start.
You can make laws to hang them, though
Literally who didn't sign that thing? Signatures aside a great deal of his work is very anti patriarchy and while there's some SUPER uncomfortable stuff he's been praised frequently by women he's worked with to approach that stuff very well on set and make what could be a really uncomfortable experience feel like pulling off some damn good acting, which it is. There are lots and lots of stories about his overall sensitivity as a director and care for actors in general but especially in more vulnerable scenes. I think it would be foolish to dismiss the guy over the petition. You'd also have to not watch pretty much most movies.
I got a concussion earlier today, maybe I should have thought that one over a bit more.
Also, IIRC, the folks who started up that petition got folks to sign it using some underhanded tactics.
It's crazy the person who made Mulholland Drive signed that petition make it make sense
IIRC the people who started it got signatures by claiming it was for something else
you really think someone in Hollywood would misrepresent something they're trying to get signed?
It's crazy that the guy who made Rosemary's Baby did what he did too. Whole industry's full of "do as I say, not as I do." Kill your heroes.