...And Jack just left town.

This is where I'm located at the moment on my David Lynch essay.

It is a rare moment in history for me to not enjoy a movie. On average I would say I enjoy 98% of all the films I see in a year. The only movie I recall seeing in the theater and not liking was a super hero movie called Mystery Men. Over the past several weeks we have been watching a series of David Lynch films. Did I like them? Yes and no. All of the David Lynch films shown were not ordinary every day films. They were not examples of popcorn cinema. They are contemporary examples of what film can do. Contemporary cinema offers many examples of unusual screen narratives, and David Lynch movies are no exception. While most contemporary films have narratives that are original and complex while at the same time being possible to follow, David Lynch movies are complex and jarring at the expense of the enjoyment of the film by the audience. To prove my point I will discuss contemporary cinema I have witnessed, as well as Lynch’s Lost Highway and Mullholland Drive.

The first Lynch film we watched that was art at the sake of the audience was Lost Highway. The film starts out normal enough, even if it seems like the acting is poor and the story going nowhere. However, it quickly spirals out of control, changing the main character, setting, and tone of the film. I could someone next to me say what while sitting there utterly confused. While I could still follow it—every film should make sense if you pay attention to it—it was not helping the story. It was almost like different parts of the film were conceived separately.

On the one hand, you have Bill Pullman’s side of the story. A man who seems to work too hard and be the protagonist, yet he appears to have a suspicious side to him. The acting in this part of the movie seems poor at first, and I could only deduce that it is intentionally that way. Added to that is the element of the creepy video tapes and the pale man. Before we can even begin to figure out who he is and what is going on, his wife ends up dead in his arms and he is charged with murder.

it did feel like it was art just to be art and hurt the story. It was like lynch wrote the movie as if it were stereo instructions or an advanced physics text book.

My prompt incase you forgot.

1) Contemporary cinema offers many examples of unusual screen narratives. While movies like The Usual Suspects (with its flashback structure and twist ending), Run Lola Run (with its multiple options for its characters, and The Circle (with its series of protagonists) can be easily followed, David Lynch films like Lost Highway and Mullholland Drive are too confusing to enjoy.

So how am I doing on my list? Good question. Maybe this image will help you understand.

Maybe Like that?

Well, it ain't exactly good, that's for certain. But it is progressing. I also think it's about time to take some of the done things off the list. The things that are totally done and I don't need to be reminded of that is. I'll leave their bullets there just so you can I guess remember what they were. But moving on..

Let's get to that list!

Things to do this week:

• Write the damn meterology paper on ball lightning.
• Write the damn film analysis paper of which movie? No idea.
• Observe dad and his media use for the BECA paper.
• Come up with questions to ask him about said media use.
• Ask him these questions for the basis of the damn BECA paper.
  
• Write the damn BECA paper.
• Go to Blackboard and find the biology assignment due on the day of the final.
• Write the damn biology assignment due on the day of the final.
• Go to The Class Schedule and figure out schedule for next semester.

And I think that'll be it for this post. Thanks for playing.