Jan
27
Blue light
One of my favorite movies is Mulholland Drive by David Lynch. Reasons, love the switching between dreams to reality but really I think the point Lynch is trying to make with his films is that dreams are realities and realities are dreams, no difference right? Cause what you’re thinking at night when you’re sleeping just affects your life when you’re awake. That’s why I also love Nightmare on Elm Street as well..I own the whole series, number 1 is my favorite though. Drinking tons of coffee to avoid sleep, yes, a familiar feeling.
But anyway, Lynch, loving metaphors and symbols and all, uses that Blue Box in Mulholland Drive to represent the switch from dreams to day, when she takes out that box in the Club Silencio scene. That blue box just represents the blue light between morning and day when the transition happens and I love how he created that box to represent this transition, he’s such an artist! Getting films made in Hollywood, so much disgusting behavior involved, selling out, compromised visions from money pollution, women being humiliated to the nines..I have so much respect for Lynch, favorite director of all time I think. I love how his stuff is non linear too, cuts to the chase, because linear storytelling is obviously staged. Black Swan by Aronofsky shows a similar struggle doesn’t it, but there was something pseudo-intellectual about the way her pain was shot. Black Swan and Mulholland Drive are really similar but I feel like Mulholland Drive was so ‘it’.
Anyway, this is my favorite time of day now, when the light is blue outside. I start off with cleaning up the kitchen, setting up my music playlist on my iphone, and figuring out what my hustle will be for the day.
mr. lynch is on some other shit, he’s my favorite, too. hell, I even started practicing transcendental meditation because of him. nice photo!
Lynch is pretty remarkable. Have to disagree with you about Black Swan, though. I found that movie obvious and simplistic to the point of mild irritation. Certain scenes actually made me laugh.
I’m currently recovering from having recently watched Inland Empire
. Great film, but wow, scary!
What is on you iPod? I’d love to listen to a Luxirare playlist while I’m working on art!
Lynch is amazing. I love Mulholland Drive…
this is such a great shot. i’ve seen mulholland drive once.. but i didn’t really get it. should probably get seeing it again soon
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You overuse the word “hustle” and “hustler”. This sloppiness of writing style surprises me in someone who is usually so meticulous. Otherwise your blog is, of course, perfect.
Really?? Get a life!
Everyone has their specialty. Mine is language – that’s what I pay attention to.
Be concerned for your own sake. Coming on to someone elses blog and pointing out their shortcomings is not only rude but pedantic. Fucking rude, actually!
The first time I saw Mulholland Drive I was speechless. But just about anything Lynch does leaves me searching for words. Twin Peaks is at the top of my list, particularly because of how it crosses genres.
I have such respect for Lynch and his craft, not to mention the fact that he refuses to use product placement. If only more directors had that integrity….
Have you ever tried his coffee? I would love to see it featured in a post!
This is such a timely post for me, as last night I had an unusually vivid and disturbing dream that is still haunting me this late in the day: I was getting married–but there was no groom, and somehow that wasn’t even an issue in the dream. But I was frantic about not having a dress or a cake on the day of the wedding, and I opened gifts from family members that told me what they really felt about me: a package of frozen waffles from my aunt and a passive-aggressive card from my dad basically chastising me for not being a dutiful daughter and telling me I owe him tens of thousands of dollars for everything he did for me. Anyway, my point is the point you made–that walking life and dream life do intermingle and influence one another. And I’m glad to see I’m not the only one let down by Black Swan. I felt myself getting embarrassed at all the reviewers (New York Times and otherwise) who gushed over what I felt was often over-wrought, cliche tripe.
Absolutely gorgeous! Your photography skills never cease to amaze me.
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If you liked Black Swan you must see Roman Polanski’s “Repulsion,” which heavily heavily influenced Black Swan. Really puts a spell on you, fantastic imagery.
I’d love to know your music playlist, girl!
You made me want to go in the folder Lynch of my computer and watch all of them again and again!!
Something about David Lynch’s work seems to reach straight to my subconscious. And after reading your post I saw the most amazing twilight blue sky with clouds on the way home from work–a perfect illustration of what you’re talking about here. Thanks the reminder to keep my eyes open.
PS – Movie theater scene in Nightmare on Elm Street 4 is one of my favorite images from a movie ever.
I really need to watch more of David Lynch’s movies. Anyway I dig how interesting this pic is.
love the picture and the whole blog aesthetics. love it, very clean and the pictures are vry nice.
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anna
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This post reminds me of something else–Das Blaue Licht, a 1932 film by Leni Riefenstahl (who was notorious for being director of Hitler’s propaganda films). The film is about about a beautiful girl who is a loner and maybe a mystic–people in the village think she’s a witch. She’s the only one who can climb the mountain and access a grotto filled with crystals, which glow with an eerie blue light when there’s a full moon. Men who try to reach the crystals generally plummet to their deaths. All sorts of lovely things you can read into this movie….
Excellent movie to bring up, JennyLu. Riefenstahl sure did know how to use a camera . . .