I didn’t win best commercial at the 2011 NY #channyawards but I did make this video for show. Please enjoy my (fake) In Memoriam video for animals involved in 101 shows that (didn’t really) die. 

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Surreal Horror: Eraserhead

David Lynch’s first feature is one of those movies I think you really need to be in the right mood to watch. The first time I tried to watch it I just wasn’t ready for it and I turned it off after about 20 minutes, if that. It’s slow and it’s weird and creepy and what the hell is that baby and why won’t it shut up? Now, when you’re in the mood for something weird and unnerving, this is definitely a movie to embrace. It’s not a monster movie or a movie about a killer or anything like that that you might expect from a horror film. It’s more about the horror of the domestic, I think. The horror of settling down and having a baby and being an adult in a world that doesn’t seem to make much sense, sometimes. Plus, there’s that weird baby thing and a girl in the radiator singing as enormous spermatozoa drop all around her. 

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Last Friday I bought a book called David Lynch Interviews from Shakespeare & Co. in Soho. I started reading it Sunday on my way to an interview for a new writing gig. Normally I don’t read on the subway, because my trips into the city most often involve short hops on at least 2 or 3 trains. Not generally conducive to me getting into a book. On Sunday, though, I just had to take one train. So, I planted my ass and started reading. The book is a collection of interviews from various sources at various times in Lynch’s career. It’s kind of fascinating to see how his interview skills change from talking about Eraserhead while it was primarily enjoyed by midnight movie audiences to talking about Blue Velvet while being interviewed alongside Isabella Rossellini. I’ve only gotten as far as an interview on the set of Wild at Heart, which might be my favorite Lynch film. I haven’t decided yet. Lynch doesn’t talk too much about how he makes movies or what they mean. Still, it’s inspiring to read about his attitude and the hints he gives about his methods. That he apparently constructed Blue Velvet on Burger Shop napkins while on a daily sugar high from chocolate milkshakes and sugar filled coffee is amusing. I love reading about Lynch and watching his movies, because—and I think this will probably sound a little weird—I feel like I have permission to realize the crazy ideas. I kind of need that sometimes. I need to be able to let myself run off with the weird ideas whether they work or not. I need to let myself write a story filled with quirky characters without worrying that it’s too quirky. Sometimes that’s hard. David Lynch reminds me that sometimes you can get away with it and it can be good. Sometimes I really need that. (Picture from Eraserhead, re-blogged off of invisiblestories)
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Last Friday I bought a book called David Lynch Interviews from Shakespeare & Co. in Soho. I started reading it Sunday on my way to an interview for a new writing gig. Normally I don’t read on the subway, because my trips into the city most often involve short hops on at least 2 or 3 trains. Not generally conducive to me getting into a book. On Sunday, though, I just had to take one train. So, I planted my ass and started reading.

The book is a collection of interviews from various sources at various times in Lynch’s career. It’s kind of fascinating to see how his interview skills change from talking about Eraserhead while it was primarily enjoyed by midnight movie audiences to talking about Blue Velvet while being interviewed alongside Isabella Rossellini. I’ve only gotten as far as an interview on the set of Wild at Heart, which might be my favorite Lynch film. I haven’t decided yet.

Lynch doesn’t talk too much about how he makes movies or what they mean. Still, it’s inspiring to read about his attitude and the hints he gives about his methods. That he apparently constructed Blue Velvet on Burger Shop napkins while on a daily sugar high from chocolate milkshakes and sugar filled coffee is amusing.

I love reading about Lynch and watching his movies, because—and I think this will probably sound a little weird—I feel like I have permission to realize the crazy ideas. I kind of need that sometimes. I need to be able to let myself run off with the weird ideas whether they work or not. I need to let myself write a story filled with quirky characters without worrying that it’s too quirky. Sometimes that’s hard. David Lynch reminds me that sometimes you can get away with it and it can be good. Sometimes I really need that.

(Picture from Eraserhead, re-blogged off of invisiblestories)

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