The Projector: DREAMSCAPES: A DAVID LYNCH RETROSPECTIVE
9 March 2025
My first viewing of this was in 2017 & got me on the David Lynch craze. This is my second viewing. A lot shorter than I remember, but I remember the feeling. I feel like he never got back to this level of rawness until Inland Empire & Twin Peaks: The Return.
This isn't a film for everyone if you're squeamish. That small slice of funny wrapped in gore and awkward silence…
At least now I know who's bouncing on it craaaazy style.
This was dope. The blending & weaving through the darkness to create a disorientating journey through dream & reality was so good.
Lily Rose got the juice. I wish there were more scenes of her buggin out. Like we hittin Possession levels of buggin. But Possession hits more because it's set in contemporary times. But buggin recognise buggin.
My initial thoughts afterwards was that it felt like when the movie ended,…
I respect the hustle.
But it really comes down to story.
Frances Ha (2012) was shot on a DSLR as well. And it was so much better compared to this.
There some moments with the whole court thing that got me like “oh, where is this going”. But it falls flat.
The whole documentary filmmaking but didn’t go anywhere and his relationship with his friend doesn’t go anywhere. I mean they fight but then that kinda disappears.
The ending was…
Am realising how much of this movie I’ve either forgotten or tuned out… first time I watched this, midway through had an argument with someone.
But watching it recently on the silver screen, what a pleasant watch. Though it lacks just a bit for me rewatch it.
This is still a beautiful movie. That ending is everything. Buuut. It felt like the scenes before it didn’t earn that ending. It was on the cusp of it.
Even now I wonder…
