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David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) — Genuine, Despite the Darkness
With David Lynch’s passing, I wanted to check out David Lynch: The Art Life, a 2016 documentary looking at the filmmaker’s life. The Criterion Channel has made it available for free until the end of January 2025, so I highly recommend giving it a watch yourself.
As a fairly recent admirer of David Lynch, unfortunately I cant really write some huge thought piece about how his work has affected me.
As of this moment, I’ve only seen What Did Jack Do?, Eraserhead, and Dune. This was all back in 2020, so I can’t even remember enough to talk about too many specifics.
My review of What Did Jack Do? reads:
“This is the first David Lynch film I’ve ever seen.
I now want to be like David Lynch when I grow up.”
All I really remember about this short film is there was a monkey and he was talking about a chicken or something to David Lynch. As far as first impressions go, I really couldn’t have been more captivated. It was an artistic comedy(?) that probably has all kinds of layers that went way over my head. Or maybe it was just a silly movie about a monkey. Either way, I’m into it.
