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Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:52 pm
by zircona1
I saw Inland Empire on the big screen when it first came out. I was on the edge of my seat for like, the entire second half of the film. Even though I ultimately didn't like it, no movie has ever managed to legit scare me like that one did.

RIP Mr. David Lynch.

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:12 pm
by matttkkkk
What to say. As a ten year old he destroyed me with THE ELEPHANT MAN and has been a fixture in my life since. I am part way through introducing my kids to his work and loving it all again. Awkwardly the news made me cry, he's somehow like a distant family member. What an artist, what a guide.

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:43 am
by jimmy spako

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:28 am
by jimmy spako



Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:59 am
by jfv
This is some funny shit.

RIP Mr. Uecker.


Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 5:02 pm
by Krev
John Sykes

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:32 am
by numberthirty
Krev wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 5:02 pmJohn Sykes
Take a couple of years off, cancer.

RIP

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 9:48 am
by AttackChimp
Artie Lange tells a very funny story about he and Norm MacDonald hanging out with Bob Uecker. Norm often referred to Bob as one of the funniest people he ever knew.

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 10:45 am
by DaveA
Teacher's Pet wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:46 pm Without Twin Peaks, I think there would be no "peak tv" or whatever you want to call our current era where people take TV shows seriously as art/culture product.
Before that it was all MacGyver and game shows and stuff.
Filmmakers did not make TV shows.
I think Berlin Alexanderplatz* beat it to the punch, in the early eighties, but it wasn't even super popular in Germany when it came out. There are serials dating back to the silent era, and despite a lot of lowest common denominator outings, people were doing interesting things for TV from even its early days. But Twin Peaks was indeed a massive influence on getting the ball rolling with what would become known as "prestige TV."

Am not the biggest Lynch fan, but I'm surprised more noise hasn't been made since his passing. Of living filmmakers in America, maybe only Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, the Coens, DePalma, and the like have been more influential. (I'm probably forgetting someone.) Like, of all the film buffs and cinephiles I've known, probably 80% of them have been into Lynch's filmography. He was a singular artist, and an interesting person, even if the results of his efforts haven't always been my cup of tea. R.I.P.


* = Berlin Alexanderplatz is probably the single best drama made for television, up until the epilogue, which is overkill and unnecessary in my book.

Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:36 pm
by Krev
Garth Hudson. Last living member of The Band.