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Who can tell me all the works of David Lynch?

Director David Lynch is a representative figure of contemporary American non-mainstream movies. His films are unique in the film world with their gorgeous, gloomy, strange and black humor style. He often uses Freud's psychological analysis in the form of road films to show the mental symptoms of modern people's anxiety and depression. His free walk between reality and surrealism, bold expression of violence and sex, avant-garde and strange images with great visual impact all make his works exude unique personal charm.

Lynch is especially good at making full use of the elements of genre films, breaking/disassembling genre films into pieces and reconstructing them with allegorical style, which shows the artistic character of postmodernism in the game-like creation process.

Eraser Head )(1976)

David Lynch is the standard-bearer of the new wave movement in American movies. In addition, this versatile director is also a photographer and composer. His works wander between black surrealism and aesthetic fantasy style, exuding unique personal charm, and people even directly use "Lynch style" to describe his films.

Rubber Head is the first film released by David Lynch, and it immediately became a blockbuster. By describing a man's anxiety and fear of his father, the film creates a dark, confused and creepy dream. The shaky scenes and ambivalent emotions in the film are the perfect embodiment of Lynch's style. The film not only made no secret of Lynch's preference for the dark side of human nature, but also rushed into the film industry, which was still quite traditional and conservative at that time, like an undercurrent of surrealism and expressionism, and Lynch came to the forefront of the avant-garde film wave.

The Elephant Man)(198)

In 198, the film Elephant Man directed by David Lynch won eight nominations for best picture and best director at the Academy Awards. Although nothing was achieved in the end, it marked that David Lynch was gradually accepted by mainstream Hollywood movies. The film is adapted from a true story, and tells the story of a person born with deformity and disfigurement in 19th century England who regained his confidence with the help of a kind doctor. In the film, Anthony Hopkins, the Oscar winner, played the kind doctor brilliantly, which also made us think about a question: How can we really help a person, heal his wounds or help him build up his confidence? Lynch's broad humanitarian mind and sharp thoughts are once again displayed under the camera.

Dune)(1984)

Dune is a bold attempt by David Lynch in directing style. The film is adapted from Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name. It is worth mentioning that the real-time strategy game Dune Magic Castle, which was popular in the 199s, also originated from the same novel. The story takes place on a planet called a sand dune. On this planet, there is the only energy element in the universe. In order to compete for its control, the forces of evil and justice are all involved in the battle across the stars. Although the film was heavily invested and the special effects were realistic, it did not succeed at the box office unexpectedly, perhaps because the atmosphere was too heavy to breathe, or because the film was too formalistic. But in any case, David Lynch showed his courage to innovate.

Blue Velvet)(1986)

David Lynch is another extremely personal film. With this film, Lynch was once again nominated for the best director of the Oscar. However, people's comments on the film are mixed. Critics say that the film is a worship of the dark side of human nature ... full of violence, abuse, deception and abuse. Praisers say that Lynch faces the darkness with a kind of courage to face the devil, but there is no doubt that Lynch uses his lens to reflect the other side of human nature that few people touch but is real, just as Nietzsche once said: When you look at the abyss, the abyss also exists.

Twin Peaks (1989, 1992)

David Lynch's talent is not only reflected in movies. From 1989 to 1992, he also directed the popular TV series Twin Peaks and its sequels for ABC TV. In the play, Lynch turned his attention to the ordinary people who live in reality, from high school students to eccentric old women ... Each of them has a distinct personality. Lynch managed a soap opera with many characters in perfect order, and his comic genius and unique handling techniques were vividly displayed in it.

Twin Peaks was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards, and finally won two awards.

Wild At Heart )(199)

Wild at Heart in 199 was David Lynch's personal masterpiece, which won Lynch the Palme d 'Or, the highest award in Cannes. This is a road movie full of Lynch style, Freudian psychoanalysis, frightening scenes of violence, and Lynch's black humor are hard to forget. In the film, Nicolas Cage is a rebellious young man who has just come out of prison. He and his girlfriend get on a bus to Texas. They encounter all kinds of nightmarish accidents and unpredictable evil along the way, and everything seems to lure them into a creepy trap ... The bizarre lens and suffocating rhythm show the innate hypocrisy and fear of human beings, and Lynch pushes this emotion to the extreme.

Lumiere&Company)(1995 1995)

Just as David Lynch's position in the film industry was rising, he suddenly fell silent for several years. During this period, he only participated in filming this documentary of tribute. The film invited 4 famous film directors from all over the world, and each of them filmed a 52-second film. According to their personal understanding, they answered three questions with the lens: Why are you willing to participate in filming this film? Why do you want to make a movie? Will movies die?

The final works are very interesting. The answers of the masters are beyond people's imagination. Some recorded historical moments with lenses, some filmed their own experiences, some paid attention to social changes, and some interpreted the development of movies ... What we can see from them is the masters' love for movies.

Lost Highway)(1997)

After years of silence, David Lynch returned to people's field of vision with a Lost Highway. His director style is more mature and sharp, and as always, he dissects the opposite of human nature. The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the film is just the beginning, with voyeurs, murders, roulette ... bizarre people and events coming one after another, like an invisible hand holding everything behind. David Lynch has always been a director who is good at creating atmosphere. He uses images to arouse people's fear of death, and warns people to calm down again and again with consciousness, thus walking between darkness and hope, abyss and cliff.

The Straight Story)(1999)

When the film The Story of Streeter was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, David Lynch surprised everyone. It was hard to imagine that such a clean and simple film was written by a director who was famous for his black style.

Streeter is a veteran. One day, he decided to drive his only motor vehicle, a tractor for weeding, on the road to visit his distant brother. Along the way, he camped out under the stars and beside the wheat fields, reminiscing about the beautiful past and touching family ... The winding road was unusually beautiful under the lens, and the emotion as simple as a newborn baby made people cry even more.

There are no obscure metaphors and thrilling scenes, and touching warmth flows from beginning to end. On Streeter's wrinkled face, there is no hypocrisy and disguise of human nature, only wisdom and sincerity left by years. It turns out that everyone can have heaven.

DR. Mulhollad)(21)

Mulhollad is one of David Lynch's most satisfying works. This is definitely not an easy-to-understand film. The stories scattered in every corner and the scenes jumping back and forth seem to test the audience's mind and patience, and the outline is clear bit by bit, just like a person waking up in the morning and trying his best to recall last night's dream. You must pay attention to the seemingly irrelevant details over and over again, but even these unique details can only be eclipsed by the deep theme, exciting plot development and extraordinary skills of the film. Who am I this time? Am I in or out of the camera ... The hero in the film asks again and again, which also brings you to the dark side of the screen. Perhaps the host's comment at Cannes Film Festival is the most accurate: this is a film that only a genius can make! -kamidi

David Lynch once commented on his work: "It takes 57 seconds to grow and burn, and then it takes 3 seconds to vomit!" From the beginning of his debut, he made no secret of his preference for the dark side of human nature, and his courage and genius made him find a perfect balance between the abyss and the cliff. Lynch also has quiet times, but his compassion makes him prefer to plunge into the darkness and occasionally show his splendor, but it is enough to move us in a big mess.