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Iris Nagler's avatar

Although I didn’t see any of the films that he made , I do believe that I wouldn’t have liked them for the same reasons as you. 👍❤️

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Carrie Blank's avatar

Thanks for the Ilana Glazer beer commercial, which I hadn’t seen. Broad City was a must-see show for me so I’m always happy for a little Abbi or Ilana love. Also nice to read the list at the end of the article. Small screen seems a bit more woman auteur friendly, but maybe there’s just so much stuff pumped out that I can pick out a few and be glad for them. (Michaela Coel, Phoebe Waller-Bridge: keep working please.) I’m higher on David Lynch than you, but yeah, of course I see what you see. He was a near 80-year old white guy working in a field rife with and rewarding misogyny.

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Adam Herbst's avatar

As noted - thank you for the list at the end of your piece. Can you point to any films made prior to the works by the women you note (I've seen An Angel At My Table which is likely the earliest movie by one of these directors).

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Betsy Nagler's avatar

Incorrect, Jane Campion’s first feature is one of my favorite films of all time. It’s called “Sweetie,” if you can find it.

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Alma CZ's avatar

Really nice to see this in print. I went off Lynch when I forced myself to sit through an afternoon screening of Eraserhead in the The Old Vic on Haight Street. It was eerie, and enveloping, and strange, and utterly pointless. I love horror, and I believe that good horror has plots and drivers and interesting characters. Think of Montresor in the Cask of Amontillado, or Dr Jekyll. or even Pinhead. At the end of The Bottle Imp, I wanted to be there to meet the sailor who buys the imp with the certain knowledge that he's confirming the damnation of his soul. These are characters you could have a conversation with. I'm intrigued by them. They have goals, backstory, depth and layers. In contrast, Frank Booth is a cartoon thug desperate to return to the womb. I don't get it. I enjoyed Mulholland Drive as eye candy, but as with the rest of Lynch's work, it was pretty to look at, and vapid.

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