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don't shoot; I've never read a book on movies

Favorite films

  • Two-Lane Blacktop
  • Zabriskie Point
  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
  • Oh, Canada

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  • The Alphabet

  • Absurd Encounter with Fear

  • Lost Highway

    ★★★★

  • Waiting for Mr. Lynch

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  • The Alphabet

    The Alphabet

    Something so beautiful about seeing David's motifs taking shape right from the very beginning. You can see so much of The Return here.

  • Lost Highway

    Lost Highway

    ★★★★

    It is not my custom to go where I'm not wanted.

    Returning to this and its thematic siblings,all of which I was initially lukewarm towards, I am happy to report that I get it now. Not in the sense that I've cracked it (I'd argue that many of Lynch's films are without a top and bottom) but that I have a better grasp of the artistry and intent. To think that I was ready to relegate Lynch's work to the…

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  • Oh, Canada

    Oh, Canada

    ★★★★★

    When you have no future, all you have left is your past.

    It was this line in particular that hung on me, more than any single line in any film I've ever seen. Oh, Canada held a very special place in my heart long before I saw the picture—when I read Russell Banks' Foregone in September of this year, I was suffering from intense and pervasive dissociation as the result of a series of traumatic incidents the month prior. From…

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    ★★★★★

    It's a strange world, isn't it?

    Heartland noir.