NP: David Lynch Reading

Sun Jan 3 04:35:15 CST 2016

To go with Allen, Whit Stillman?

I also loved Wim Wenders circa Paris, Texas. I've only seen Wong's
Chungking Express (loved it) so unsure of his stinkers (unless that is one
and I'm way off-base).
On 3 Jan 2016 10:14, "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> How 'bout one great documentarian? Reality bites.
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Misc. Next volume of Callow's Welles is coming out this year.
> >
> > Women: consider Agnes Varda. And, yes, Jane Campion. Ida Lupino's
> > couple--three films?
> >
> > So, Allen is your weak choice to contrast? Like having to have
> > informed opinions about Hitchcock?
> >
> > No Godard? THE one I would commit to were I to commit.
> > Along with Ray,  and/or Ozu. And Kurosawa . And, yes, Linklater. And
> > Kiarostrami. And Lee.
> >  All white guys and girls---
> > talking about myself here---should see more Lee. imho.
> >
> > How about placing a guy like Ken Loach in context? How much art, how
> > much cause and sociology?
> > Remember AMERICA unfolds w studio genre creations, if America seen is
> > a subgoal.(which it isn't, i just reread)
> >
> > No Truffaut? And I'd watch Chabrol over Melville. But that's me.
> >
> > In the circles, I have circled, I have needed my strong opinions about
> > Hitchcock. Perhaps
> > We all do.
> > Your list is, of course, a high-minded one. Wilsonian ( per recent
> > post). Kind I like
> > But not most folk...but this is the plist.
> >
> > Watch some bad movies too. Just sayin'.
> > Then there are the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of
> > Shakespeare. (joke, sorta) which I may do.
> >
> > Do a book--blog first? Our Year of Watching Movies. (or Film, first
> > discussion) New trend in books.
> > and I'm not prescribing with anything above, just projecting my own
> > self, mostly.
> >
> > Except I am saying if you are anywhere near NYC's Film Forum you MUST
> > SEE Chimes at Midnight, one of the greatest
> > movies ever made, in ownership dispute limbo for a long time and if it
> > now plays elsewhere, just go.
> > Still my fave Shakespeare film and Welles.
> >
> > And, more topically, see The Big Short and Spotlight while they are
> > "in the conversation", as well as Lee.
> >
> > Back to reading I go. Up against movies, reading's through unless we
> > keep it alive.
> >
> > my answer re Malick. No, he answers Christian apologetics in ways
> > Heidegger did, whom he studied or wrote a
> > diss on or whatever...
> >
> > Some of your directors offer a nice chance to explore the 'ideas' vs.
> > 'life' in art question.
> >
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> > Sent from my iPadudio
> >
> >> On 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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> >>>>>
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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.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks in advance. -
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