saw Lost Highway again this week — in a good crowd at Calgary’s darling Globe Theatre — with Wallace’s criticism on my mind, and came away feeling like it was entirely about Wallace’s horror about aging and infirmity. Pryor’s the boss of the autoshop!
Why do you say Lynch is being “typically cagey” with his prior quote? I read that as him being just as sincere as he ever is. The early critical mistake with Lynch was thinking that he was ever being ironic. There is irony in his work, sure, but it is delivered with 100% sincerity. I take Lynch at his word! He saw Pryor, he saw something beautiful in him, and he wanted to preserve and share it. He didn’t put Pryor there because he was monstrous; he put him there because he is human.
Didn’t reach the end last time but your thoughts on how to watch have helped and will try again soon. I think you are too hard on Dune. It has stayed with me over the years. Ever thought of looking at the original Quatermass series? Keep laughing.
“ Lynch’s thesis goes against everything I think I know about meditation, which I understand to be a relaxation technique aimed at clearing one’s mind as much as possible.” - this isn’t really correct, your mind wanders all over the place whilst doing TM and when you catch yourself you return it back to the mantra, usually many times during each meditation, you can come up all sorts of ideas whilst you’re doing it, think through problems of all kinds and it will relax you, calm you and can give you a little boost of energy if you’re exhausted, I learned it back in 2008 thanks to David and I highly recommend it for your creativity and wellbeing, meditating in a group can often go even deeper, even on a zoom call
saw Lost Highway again this week — in a good crowd at Calgary’s darling Globe Theatre — with Wallace’s criticism on my mind, and came away feeling like it was entirely about Wallace’s horror about aging and infirmity. Pryor’s the boss of the autoshop!
Why do you say Lynch is being “typically cagey” with his prior quote? I read that as him being just as sincere as he ever is. The early critical mistake with Lynch was thinking that he was ever being ironic. There is irony in his work, sure, but it is delivered with 100% sincerity. I take Lynch at his word! He saw Pryor, he saw something beautiful in him, and he wanted to preserve and share it. He didn’t put Pryor there because he was monstrous; he put him there because he is human.
Didn’t reach the end last time but your thoughts on how to watch have helped and will try again soon. I think you are too hard on Dune. It has stayed with me over the years. Ever thought of looking at the original Quatermass series? Keep laughing.
“ Lynch’s thesis goes against everything I think I know about meditation, which I understand to be a relaxation technique aimed at clearing one’s mind as much as possible.” - this isn’t really correct, your mind wanders all over the place whilst doing TM and when you catch yourself you return it back to the mantra, usually many times during each meditation, you can come up all sorts of ideas whilst you’re doing it, think through problems of all kinds and it will relax you, calm you and can give you a little boost of energy if you’re exhausted, I learned it back in 2008 thanks to David and I highly recommend it for your creativity and wellbeing, meditating in a group can often go even deeper, even on a zoom call
Thank you for the piece. Just a quick correction: the memoir is “Room to Dream”
Slip of the finger! Thanks