Not Coming to a Theater Near You
What do you think she meant when she said “a huge black monster with giant claws”?
What do you think she meant when she said “a huge black monster with giant claws”?
The highlight of the Dynamic: 1 DVD, this is David Lynch taking up the role of furniture-maker, something he does for both sport and his movies. (Many of the sofas and chairs in Lynch’s films are hand-made.) For thirty minutes we’re allowed to observe Lynch as he crafts a fantastically abstract lamp using gauze, paint, and a large bag of Fix-It-All; there is also the occasional cigarette and cup of petit noisette, not to mention his rather simplistic tips for the wanna-be abstract craftsman-at-heart. He is Salvador Dali exorcising his inner Bob Vila, an artist whose secondary profession just happens to be filmmaking. At any moment you expect him to drop his bucket and paints and say, “Oh yeah, I gotta go direct something,” or to pull out a camera and summon his actors. Instead, he moves through his studio with intent and the requisite creative gleam in his eye, making something wickedly beautiful out of a mishmash of Home Depot merchandise. I can barely rotate my tires without referring to a manual or 24-hour help-line, but for some reason Lynch makes it seem as though even I could design and construct a bizarre “Fix-All” lamp, provided I have my morning coffee and a sink to piss in.
by Adam Balz | Source: Subversive Cinema DVD
07 Mar 2007 8:54 PM | Submit Comment
