NP: David Lynch Reading

[rich]

have u seen the Curious George/Herzog spoof? priceless

women directors: Lina Wertmuller's gotta be on that list

rich

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 10:33 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Geez, Herzog will keep you busy. But Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo,
> absolutely unforgettable.
>
> Will you be viewing each oeuvre chronologically?
>
> Women I can think of that might make it onto a similar list would be
> Claire Denis, Kathryn Bigelow (big contrast across her career), Jane
> Campion, Chantal Akerman (RIP).
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Douglas Holm <dkholm at mac.com> wrote:
> > What a great list!!!
> >
> > I forgot Herzog, though I don't like him all that much, but he is
> > significant as a genre bender.
> >
> > Corns, of course.
> >
> > Mallick is interesting but more for his influence (Revenant) than his
> > achievement ... Is he a Christian apologist? I can't tell, but it's an
> > interesting discussion.
> >
> > I love Linklater ... Almost put him on the list, but didn't think of him
> > until after "send " .... Great subject for further research.
> >
> > I've been wanting to get into Barhrani since Ebert went out on a limb for
> > him after his first film a decade ago.
> >
> > Great list!!!
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks so much for all the input so far. Definitely going to buy the
> Lynch
> > on Lynch and will probably get the Lim book, too.
> >
> > We made the list on New Year's Eve, and it took several hours to do, and
> was
> > great fun. Lots of arguments, diplomatic choices, etc. Like our own
> little
> > climate talks.
> >
> > We ended up making choices that were some balance between directors we
> were
> > interested in seeing for ourselves, directors we wanted the other person
> to
> > see, and directors that felt uniquely important (or at least unique). I
> > consider myself almost shockingly overschooled in post-1980 American
> cinema
> > and really underschooled in pre-1980 American cinema plus most
> non-American
> > stuff. There's not quite as much stuff on there that will fill those
> gaps as
> > I'd like, which we are addressing in two ways:
> >
> > One is that we are acknowledging we will just have to leave a few until
> > 2017.
> > Two is that we have an addendum list of directors with one or several
> movies
> > we consider important to see, but who we are not totally committing to
> this
> > year. E.g. The Seventh Seal is on the list, but Bergman's entire ouevre
> is
> > not (maybe in 2017).
> >
> > Here's the list of we ended up with:
> > Lynch
> > Kubrick
> > Herzog
> > Todd Solondz
> > Coen Bros.
> > John Waters
> > Terrence Malick
> > Linklater
> > Ramin Bahrani
> > Woody Allen
> >
> > Some of the choices are matters of convenience. Bahrani is young and
> unique,
> > worth seeing in his own right (as I insisted) but also only has a few
> movies
> > out, which counterbalances Allen/Herzog nicely.
> >
> > Longlist included, off the top of my head: Gilliam, Ray, Bergman,
> Fellini,
> > Welles, Spike Lee, Aronofsky, buncha others.
> >
> > Definitely lots of glaring omissions. It obviously skews contemporary,
> > American, white. No women on the list, which is really kind of
> unforgivable.
> > We had Sofia Coppola and a few others on the long list. If anybody has
> any
> > recommendations to that end I'd be very interested.
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Douglas Holm <dkholm at mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> All the Mississippi interview books and the Faber and Faber books are a
> >> good mix of biography and aesthetics.
> >>
> >> Suggested directors for your project could include:
> >>
> >> Fincher
> >> Hitchcock
> >> Sophia Coppola
> >> Wes and PT Anderson
> >> Tarantino (lots of books on him ... I did two of them)
> >> Jill Sprecher
> >> Ophuls
> >> Nick Ray
> >> Sam Fuller
> >> Renoir
> >> Truffaut
> >> Melville
> >> Kurosawa
> >> Mizoguchi
> >> Tarkovsky
> >> Bergman
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Jan 2, 2016, at 4:54 PM, Douglas Holm <dkholm at mac.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > There's a new book by Dennis Lim, late of the Village Voice.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.amazon.com/David-Lynch-Another-Place-Icons/dp/0544343751
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> On Jan 2, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> A month or two ago I asked if anybody could recommend a Kubrick bio
> and
> >> >> you guys were all helpful (went with the Lobrutto, Mark T's rec).
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm no wondering if anybody has a particular book (or books) on Lynch
> >> >> to recommend. Biography is desired. If the writer is insightful about
> >> >> Lynch's work that'd be a plus but I guess I'm a bit more interested
> in Lynch
> >> >> the guy, as person and artist. Want insight into what made the guy
> make the
> >> >> work.
> >> >>
> >> >> My girlfriend and I made a list of ten directors whose work we want
> to
> >> >> see all of, in order, before 2017. We're starting with Lynch.
> Ideally I'd
> >> >> like to read up on each director while we are watching his/her stuff
> so I
> >> >> will be checking back in.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance. -
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