“And now you’re just a stranger’s dream...”
It’s about a month & a half since David Lynch passed, and I’m still struggling to find sufficient words to express just how much he meant to me. Just how much he means to me. When the news broke on January 16, I didn’t really know what to do with myself, so I started an impromptu rewatch of Lynch’s magnum opus.
One thing that was most apparent to me on this watch (to the…
"Your heart is like a clock measuring time, and one's emotional state determines the flow of time. It speeds it up or slows it down."
"So, time is a personal thing?"
"Yes. Sure."
"Time is an emotional thing. That's what you're saying?"
"Yeah, yeah, sure. Don't bad things always seem to last longer than good ones? But good things seem to just fly by... like the best times in life."
"Yeah..."
"Like what?"
"Like..."
"Like falling in love."
(Ruby looks…
A perfect film. Even better on the big screen.
I've gone back & forth, and back & forth, as to what my favourite Verhoeven movie is, but based on my past two viewings, I'm ready to declare it as this one. Somehow manages to be a brilliant, biting piece of satire & bold anti-war movie (that turns its source material upside down), an endearingly sincere teen soap opera, and a thrilling, melodramatic sci-fi actioner (with effects that still look great the best part…
The moment this beautiful, wonderfully layered & deceptively clever movie ended, I wanted to see it again. Begins as an impeccably styled gothic horror. Ends as something far more psychedelic & unique. Phenomenal stuff.
"You don't know what tennis is."
"What is it?"
"It's a relationship."
"Is that what you and Anna Mueller had today?"
"It is, actually. For about fifteen seconds there, we were actually playing tennis. And we understood each other completely. So did everyone watching. It's like we were in love. Or like we didn't exist. We went somewhere really beautiful together."
Somehow this movie grows in my estimation with each viewing. To repeat what I said elsewhere after viewing number…
