NP: David Lynch Reading

Sun Jan 3 03:14:10 CST 2016

Satyajit Ray? I'm pondering female directors, but Ray immediately popped
into my head.
On 3 Jan 2016 05:42, "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>> >> >> 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.
>> >> >>
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