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Very few artists, let alone movie directors, have an adjective named after them.
Unfortunately, the film world lost David Lynch on January 15 after a long battle with emphysema.
‘Eraserhead’ (1977)
“Eraserhead” stars Jack Nance as Henry Spencer.
The inhuman creature eventually drives Mary to leave Henry, leaving him alone to care for the strange creature.
But unlike Villeneuve, Lynch chose to adapt the entire book in one movie … to mixed results.
Now, we’re onto one of his best.
“Blue Velvet” might be the most engaging of Lynch’s movies.
What follows is a surreal thriller where time does not operate in a linear fashion.
“Mulholland Drive” stars Naomi Watts as Betty Elms, an aspiring actress newly arrived in Los Angeles.
In true Lynchian fashion, there are surreal dream sequences and it’s impeccably crafted.
In fact, Lynch only made 10 feature-length films, of which seven are on this list.
“Inland Empire,” unsurprisingly, does not deviate from Lynch’s flair for the weird.
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