“Portrait Of The Artist As A Young And Old Man”
By Raymond Benson
David Lynch is today’s foremost surrealist. In many ways, he has taken up the mantle begun by those artists of the 1920s who attempted to present in tangible, visual forms the juxtapositions, bizarre logic, and beauty/horror of dreams. Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray, Germaine Dulac, René Magritte—to name a few.
Most people know Lynch from his films, but as this thoughtful and insightful documentary reveals, he is and has always been primarily a painter. Lynch began his career in the “art life” studying and practicing fine art… and he sort of fell into filmmaking along the way. Even today, despite his recent foray back into television with Twin Peaks—The Return on Showtime, Lynch spends most of his time in his home studio drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and painting.
The film is narrated...
By Raymond Benson
David Lynch is today’s foremost surrealist. In many ways, he has taken up the mantle begun by those artists of the 1920s who attempted to present in tangible, visual forms the juxtapositions, bizarre logic, and beauty/horror of dreams. Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Man Ray, Germaine Dulac, René Magritte—to name a few.
Most people know Lynch from his films, but as this thoughtful and insightful documentary reveals, he is and has always been primarily a painter. Lynch began his career in the “art life” studying and practicing fine art… and he sort of fell into filmmaking along the way. Even today, despite his recent foray back into television with Twin Peaks—The Return on Showtime, Lynch spends most of his time in his home studio drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and painting.
The film is narrated...
- 9/13/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jim Jarmusch hasn’t shared any news about his next film project, but the writer-director of 2016’s “Paterson” recently released some new original music from his rock band, Sqürl. The group’s fourth mini-album, “Ep #260,” features five songs, only one of which includes vocals – “Gates of Ishtar.” The heavily instrumental music sounds a lot like a film score, which makes sense considering Sqürl first came together to compose the soundtrack for Jarmusch’s 2009 crime-drama “The Limits of Control.” The band’s first name was Bad Rabbit.
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Sqürl’s members include Vampire Weekend sound engineer Shane Stoneback and “Paterson” composer (and film producer) Carter Logan. Jozef van Wissem (with whom Jarmusch has collaborated on two separate records) has also worked with the band. Sqürl’s cover of the Wanda Jackson song “Funnel of Love,” which features singer Madeline Follin of Cults,...
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Sqürl’s members include Vampire Weekend sound engineer Shane Stoneback and “Paterson” composer (and film producer) Carter Logan. Jozef van Wissem (with whom Jarmusch has collaborated on two separate records) has also worked with the band. Sqürl’s cover of the Wanda Jackson song “Funnel of Love,” which features singer Madeline Follin of Cults,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
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