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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Denito" data-source="post: 9566467" data-attributes="member: 7042735">So I usually just lurk around here but for this topic I had to come out of hiding. Apologies in advance for any grammatical errors, since English obviously isn't my mother tongue.Like many other people I found David Lynch through Twin Peaks. But while I watched the original series in 2013/2014 during my time in Japan, it was watching The Return in 2021, which I absolutely adore to this day, that got me interested in and then hooked to his other works. My partner who only had a casual interest in his stuff and I used to watch the last few months of his weather reports before they ended. Over the last few years I still held out hope that he would do one last work even though I couldn't ask for anything more fitting and more deserving of his final piece than Twin Peaks The Return. Interestingly, the day David Lynch's death was reported, I talked with a fellow colleague and later my girlfriend about him. And while I was actually shocked to read about his passing, I'm mostly thankful for all the great moments he gave me and other people.So without further ado, here's my try at ranking all of his works that I have seen:(Dune - Disclaimer: Even though I have the original cut I only ever saw the extended one of which Lynch tried to distance himself as much as possible and that was over 20 years ago. Because of these reasons I'm not ranking it officially even though it would probably fall into the lower ranks)11. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - only saw it once after The Return and didn't like it that much. Lynch's cut is a little to weird for my taste and having seen the deleted scenes made me scratch my head a little more about his decisions in that film.10. Inland Empire - also just seen it once after getting his whole film collection so I probably need to give it a second go, but while I respect the idea to shoot the whole movie digitally with his little camera I can’t help but wonder what higher production values would have done for this one09. Eraserhead – I’m still getting the creeps when thinking about the „baby“ but it was a really interesting film that I have to rewatch eventually08. The Straight Story – a beautiful little movie07. The Elephant Man – great movie all around06. Lost Highway – really interesting and dark film that I think I really need to rewatch soon05. Wild at Heart – really liked it and also need to watch it again04. Twin Peaks – when it stinks it stinks (hey James subplot in season 2) but when it’s great it’s so very special03. Blue Velvet – disturbing, weirdly funny, beautiful, mesmerizing – David Lynch in a nutshell02. Mulholland Drive – While I still think about what this world would be like if the original series had been greenlighted I am at the same time so, so very thankful that we received this piece of art with its new ending which might be one of the prime examples of „art through adversity“01. Twin Peaks: The Return: the reason I am writing this post right now. For me it’s not only a small miracle that so many of the original cast could come back for this one (especially when considering that quite a few of them died in the years after). It’s more cohesive in tone, darker and more mysterious with an even better, more fitting ending than the one we got with season 2. Even though I could have binged the series at the time I found it on one of my streaming services, I soon realized that I have to take my time with each episode (a feeling which the concert performances at the end of most of the episodes really helped convene, starting with the absolutely fitting Shadow by The Chromatics). And with over 15 hours of David Lynch directed material it truly is a precious gift that I’m already looking forward to watching again.</blockquote>

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