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I agree with that David, but I'd add that I don't think Lynch is always so
deep and multi-layered. *Inland Empire *may have less deep and
multi-layered substance with more sensation and mood (while still being IMO
a real masterpiece.)

Maybe his themes are always deep but for them to be great I do not believe
the structure must also be. I believe he is fond of explaining that his
screenwriting happens day by day during. That all of his planning comes
from ideas that he derives from the collective unconscious which he
communicates with in transcendental meditation.

Coincidentally, Argento's process may also be ad hoc nowadays except that
he seems to only be cashing in. This is a trailer for Dracula 3D starring
Rutger Hauer and it's horrible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzwSfDXnAE


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:09 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know Argento, but Lynch has deep and multi-layer substance.   "Blue
> Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" are both far more than sensation and mood.
>  MD is like the journey of the newly dead through a labrynth of a shattered
> mirror of memory and identity.  It takes many viewings to see coherence,
> not that I've seen it enough for that.  But it has structure amidst it
> disjointedness.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Monday, October 28, 2013, Thomas Eckhardt wrote:
>
>> Am 28.10.2013 15:17, schrieb rich:
>>
>>  Argento's movies are all atmosphere which can only go so far if you dont
>>> have a deep enough story behind it.
>>>
>>
>> Argento's best movies can be described as triumphs of style over
>> substance in my opinion. Deep stories are simply not what he is after
>> (although some of the plotlines aren't so bad), creating the filmic
>> equivalent of a nightmare is. Terrorising the audience. And when he
>> succeeds, he succeeds splendidly.
>>
>> What about Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive"?
>>
>> Thomas
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