Worlds of David Lynch as a director creates a magnetic film with a unique atmosphere
Cinema / / December 19, 2019
David Lynch - one of the brightest representatives of the independent cinema. Over the years he developed his creativity unique language that completely immerses the viewer into the worlds of his work. Many films of Lynch are built on the same copyright techniques that allow you to create a unique vitality and at the same time surreal action.
Real world
If you do not take the early work of the director and the film "Dune", which he took to shoot only in order to get funding for a more personal project "Wild at Heart," Lynch the most likes to shoot in realistic scenery small towns. Partly it is the memory of the town of Missoula Montana, where he was born. But in many ways this technique helps the viewer to feel close to the characters.
Lynch's characters can fall into strange situations and even collide with mysticism, but they are all ordinary people. In the movie "Blue Velvet," the main character, played by Kyle MacLachlan - ordinary young man who decides to become a detective. The heroine of "Mulholland Drive" by Naomi Watts dreams of becoming a famous actress, as well as many residents of Los Angeles. And in "A Simple Story" is dedicated to the whole story how old veteran goes to his brother.
Realism emphasize time and place of action. Entourage distant past can be seen only in the movie "The Elephant Man." In other films, Lynch's characters are always contemporary viewer. The most striking example - the series "Twin Peaks». Directed specifically looking for the typical atmosphere of the town on the US north-west, and then "populated" its stereotypical characters. Here you can see a simpleton, is fond of fishing, and his domineering wife, police officer, who had never seen murders, clever family of dealers, teenage bully daughter, suffering from neglect of his father, and the other characters, which are easy to find in the real life.
hereafter
But David Lynch does not stop at a realistic display of life. Drawing the viewer to the screen a familiar image, he's trying to get him to a different angle to look at the people and their actions. And then it manifested mystical component of his work.
Lynch mysticism is not just an attempt to scare the viewer, as do the authors of horror films. It shows a mirror image of our world through the supernatural. In the story "Twin Peaks," the important role played by the so-called black and white lodges. The other world inhabited by "living on the doorstep" - evil twins person. And everyone has to endure a meeting with his counterpart, that is, aware of all the evil that is done.
In other works of mystical elements also serve to show a man of his fears. The image of the terrible child in his debut film, Lynch's "Eraserhead" can be interpreted precisely as a fear of responsibility. IN "Mulholland drive"Heroine invents a world of its own, where her fate is going well. But the echoes of the real world, where things are not so rosy, burst in the form of nightmares.
In the films of Lynch real world it is usually separated from mysticism. And visually it appears very clearly. For example, the role of the border often play red curtains. In the "Inland Empire", where the characters in the film are removed, and at some point in their turn characters, the transitions between the worlds of show or pass through the door, or look through the seasoned web the cloth. And in the third season of "Twin Peaks" and "Lost Highway," the role of such channel performs night road on which the characters go.
broken world
Another distinctive feature of many paintings Lynch - non-linear and complex plot. Many of his paintings can be interpreted ambiguously, and the action or is divided into two halves, as in "Lost Highway" or jumping on thematic and temporal lines, as in the "Inland Empire". In this case, the director himself claims that all his stories are based on classical techniques of cinema. It is only necessary to unravel the action, and then line up all the events in a logical row.
But because the author does not give clear explanations of his work, the fans come up with dozens of interpretations of the "Inland Empire" or the finale of the third season of "Twin Peaks". Complex movies Lynch should revise several times, in fact, know the story, you can pay attention to small details and minor characters. And then try to understand the meaning of what he saw.
In contrast to the intricate plot David Lynch sometimes takes a very simple and straightforward picture. In the movie "The Elephant Man" and "wild at heart"Effect is quite unambiguous. But most clearly illustrates this pattern of "A Simple Story" (the name can also be translated as "The Straight Story"). It is no mystery, ambiguity and complicated lives. There are only a trip of advanced hero on the mower.
World of music
Addition to mysticism in the works of Lynch often serves as music. Director for many years worked with composer Angelo Badalamenti. It was he who wrote all recognizable melodies in "Twin Peaks", including the title track and the famous theme of Laura. Later, Lynch and he became interested in music. And to the "Inland Empire," he had personally composed the soundtrack.
but apart BGM director is often inserted in his films performances of guest artists and ensembles. And often it takes place in a mystical part of the plot. For example, in "Mulholland Drive" Rebekah Del Rio sings a song in a dream character.
And almost every episode ends with a concert of a band of the series in the third season. And on the stage, and sometimes there are very well-known artists. For example, the singer or artist Pearl Jam Nine Inch Nails.
Music and songs in the works of Lynch does not just go for the story background. With their help, he creates new forms of contact with the audience. In the film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" characters at some point find themselves in a bar, where music is played so loudly that they can not hear each other. To better reflect this situation, Lynch has really done a soundtrack too loud, and replicas of the text shown in the form of subtitle.
"Twin Peaks" as the common world to all movies
Despite the fact that every job Lynch is a separate story and he never connected them together, fans are looking for in his work hints at a single world. Director tendency toward mysticism and ambiguity opens up a lot of room for imagination.
In the TV series "Twin Peaks" repeated phrase is: "This is the story of a little girl who lived down the street." This refers to the deceased Laura Palmer murder around which is built and the basic plot. In the very beginning of the movie "Inland empire"A visit to the main character comes to the stranger and says that lives down the street. And it plays Grace Zabriskie, who performed on the show the role of Sarah Palmer - mother Laura.
Before the release of the movie "Mulholland Drive," Lynch said about the idea of the show, which opens with a scene in which a minor character "Twin Peaks" Audrey Horne passes on Mulholland Drive. And while the film was originally conceived as a pilot episode of serial project.
But in the end the main role in the film played by a new actress Naomi Watts. She also appeared in the third season of "Twin Peaks", and in the same way, and even jacket of the same color. As part of the plot, "Mulholland Drive" takes place in a dream, and for the finale of the series repeatedly appeared mention that everything that happens is unrealistic, any theory that part of the action - the fruit of the imagination heroine. We can only guess whether a coincidence that the secretary (and it looks like his beloved) Agent Cooper in the series played a favorite of director Laura Dern. After all, this actress and Kyle MacLachlan was already on-screen romance in "blue velvet».
Strange patterns on the floor, which can be seen in the black lodge, clearly repeated entourage film "Eraserhead." A red curtains can be seen in almost every work of Lynch, starting with "Blue Velvet." they are usually separated from the reality of mysticism, so we can assume that so-bound and various of his paintings.
The world of symbolism and meditation
However, in contrast to those who seek treatment and communication in every Lynch movie, there are other viewers. They believe that in fact the director concerned only the form and symbolism, and the content of think out those who are watching a movie.
In favor of this version is the passion of David Lynch meditation. He even wrote a book "Catching the Big Fish." Indeed, the director likes to slow down the action, a few minutes showing quite uniform frames without affecting the storyline. The most striking example - a scene from the third season of "Twin Peaks", where cleaner two and a half minutes just sweeping the floor.
The same applies to the landscapes, scenes of smoking or just meaningless talk. And even the value of recurring patterns in different patterns on the floor, he did not explain, and the audience believe that it can be a symbol of the brain or something else.
Therefore, it is likely that all the worlds of David Lynch are not meaningful in themselves, and their meaning is filled with spectators. And this is also a great achievement - make a lot of people to search and find something, even if the original order was not.
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