Surrealist art is intended to speak to the subconscious. I have a feeling this is why Lynch didn’t like to explain the meaning of his films. Emotional understanding emphasised over intellectual understanding.
Well put. A director that mutes all others in comparison. Plenty of great directors address the audience, Lynch displays it all in such a way as to inexplicably yet certainly speak to you and you alone
I absolutely love some of Lynch’s work but will openly confess that I have no idea what he was trying to tell me.
The man himself said it in Twin Peaks: „Fix your hearts or die“
Movies by David Lynch show the dreams you have when bad stuff happen to you in real life.
Surrealist art is intended to speak to the subconscious. I have a feeling this is why Lynch didn’t like to explain the meaning of his films. Emotional understanding emphasised over intellectual understanding.
You can tell he’s telling you something. That’s enough for me.
Well put. A director that mutes all others in comparison. Plenty of great directors address the audience, Lynch displays it all in such a way as to inexplicably yet certainly speak to you and you alone
imho, it all boils down to two simple things:
That’s kind of the point.