Lynch or Cronenberg???
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franzkabuki — 12 years ago(October 20, 2013 03:22 PM)
Threads like
what? Where two filmmakers are compared? That makes a lot of sense especially considering that there isnt one single post on this thread that could conceivably qualify as pretentious or elitist. And while I have no idea in what kind of circles youve amassed your life experience, it surely doesnt match up with mine; there are probably snobs amongst the fan base of any director whos generally considered "artistic" or somewhat esoteric (just like theres hardly a single great director whose board doesnt have someone accusing their fans of some unspecified snobbery), but I sure havent noticed any overabundance of such element amongst the people who dig Lynch/Cronenberg. And btw, what exactly is the point of your off-topic one-liners here? Doesnt look like you`re interested in any genuine discussion.
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Pogo_76 — 12 years ago(October 20, 2013 04:52 PM)
And btw, what exactly is the point of your off-topic one-liners here? Doesn
t look like youre interested in any genuine discussion.
What I mean by threads like this is when two directors that typical film snobs specifically like are compared to each other, it comes across a bit pretentiou2000s. When I think of David Lynch
or
David Cronenberg, I always associate them with what your typical Kubrick, Coppola, Jim Jarmusch movie snob likes.
Don't get me wrong, I like movies by these directors but pretentious film snobs seem to have their specific pick of directors, like Cronenburg & Lynch and like I mentioned Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Jarmusch etc.
I watch anything from M by Fritz Lang, to Mary Poppins, martial art flicks, trashy horror movies, popcorn blockbusters or whatever I feel like(just look at my previous posts that discuss Polanski movies, Korean action movies to Disney's Parent Trap) so I always laugh at certain film snobs who think only certain directors are legit while they dismiss others.
Anyway, my intention wasn't to start a big discussion and it wasn't aimed at anybody specific in this thread. I just couldn't resist a sarcastic comment when I saw the title of this thread so no offence. -
Marjeez — 11 years ago(September 17, 2014 12:14 PM)
You're an idiot & a hipster. Congrats lol
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srinath_r_htanirs — 11 years ago(October 12, 2014 05:37 AM)
Lynch's just a bit higher as he ranks as one of the best ever. Cronenberg is not far away in my opinion and I find him very under-rated generally. Those who are only exposed to his more mainstream works are less likely to understand his greatness.
eXistenZ was one of those movies that blew me away and made me look up all his films, that film made most other 'Brain in the Vat' films look like works of amateurs. Cosmopolis, Spider, Crash, Naked Lunch, Videodrome and Maps To The Stars all rank very highly in my books.
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Infanta-K — 11 years ago(November 08, 2014 01:44 PM)
They are both somewhat over the hill now,
but to Lynch's advantage, he doesn't do as many films as Cronenberg.
Retrospectively, most of Lynch's films are much more sensually pleasing,
while Cronenberg's are a bit more mature.
Compare something like Blue Velvet, Lost Highway etc (basically just rehashing of old sexual tropes of the West, and not much else), with Videodrome or Dead Ringers, and you probably have to opt for Cronenberg. -
JohnQuincyPublic — 11 years ago(December 12, 2014 09:04 PM)
Compare something like Blue Velvet, Lost Highway etc (basically just rehashing of old sexual tropes of the West, and not much else), with Videodrome or Dead Ringers, and you probably have to opt for Cronenberg.
Because the old tropes and clichs of the Enlightenment are so much morezesty!
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estocade — 11 years ago(March 10, 2015 01:28 PM)
Cronenberg is definitely more accessible director of the two. Lynch's work gives me vertigo, and I have to be in a certain mood to be able to sit through it. People should stop calling him genius though, you don't have to be a genius to be an artist, but you need attitude and wisdom to bring quality to your work.
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ma_marcil — 10 years ago(August 19, 2015 11:42 AM)
I love both and I think they are both great artists who made several landmark movies that I still watch to this day. That being said, well like somebody else wrote before me, I think Cronenberg is indeed a more accessible director and tI have to be in a certain mood as well to fully appreciate a Lynch movie. I have watched several Cronenberg movies more times than most Lynch movies, except perhaps for Blue Velvet. Otherwise, I think they are actually quite different as artists. I have yet to watch all of their films though, even though I have not many left to see. For Cronenberg, I have yet to see M.Butterfly and Fast Company, plus his earlier films like Stereo and Crimes of The Future. And as for Lynch, I have not seen Dune nor The Straight Story yet.
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