Directed by Tim Burton Edward Scissorhands, like many of Tim Burton's films, is undeniably unique. It's a fairytale world, a hybrid of Dr. Seuss and David Lynch, with a little bit of German Expressionism mixed in. Edward (Johnny Depp) lives in hiding up on a gothic hill above a bright, colorful, unsettling suburbia down below. … Continue reading Edward Scissorhands (1990)
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Beetlejuice (1988)
Directed by Tim Burton Beetlejuice is a macabre wonder. It's a blend of the same bright, colorful, purposefully Mayberry-esque small town that you see in David Lynch's Blue Velvet, with the dark and slimy world of something like a German expressionist horror film. Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis), are a happilyy married couple in that … Continue reading Beetlejuice (1988)
The Final Girls (2015)
Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson Like Jumangi, this is a movie that sucks its ensemble cast into a limited, fictional world dominated by a handful of tropes from which they have to play the game, and thus comment on it, to escape. In The Final Girls, a group of teenagers find themselves trapped inside the summer camp from a cult … Continue reading The Final Girls (2015)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Directed by David Lynch In The Elephant Man Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) is a surgeon who rehabilitates a deformed young man named John Merrick (John Hurt). Treves is fascinated with Merrick in the way any scientist of the human body would be. In contrast to the man who runs Merrick's life as part of a freak … Continue reading The Elephant Man (1980)
Lost Highway (1997)
Directed by David Lynch Some movies take time to grow on you. Whether because of theme, character or otherwise, there's something that stays on your mind long after the viewing, something you obsess over or admire days, weeks later. A David Lynch movie might fit in this category, as films like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr. are … Continue reading Lost Highway (1997)
River’s Edge (1986)
Directed by Tim Hunter River's Edge is the intersection between David Lynch and Gus Van Sant. Released before Twin Peaks and most of Van Sant's work, River's Edge precedes films that must have been inspired by this one. It might just be longhaired Keanu Reeves (as seen in My Own Private Idaho) or Dennis Hopper (who played a big role … Continue reading River’s Edge (1986)
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