Subject: Re: Some "Sirius" criticism (Help me refute it!) [LONG]
From: rhaller@phloem.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller)
Date: 1991-10-12, 11:11
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <3388@npri6.npri.com>, eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams) writes:
> > 
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> > I think the motives of storytelling are to entertain and amaze, not to
> > examine existential questions. For those in the literary community who
> > whould raise their voices and shout, "Style Over Content!"-- well,
> > I agree. I like style, without any political, sociological or humanistic
> > "benefit." I also like style mixed with content, cooked style, raw
> > style, style with content fricassee, and even (sometimes) mostly content
> > with the style in a small plastic saucer on the side. That TP entertains
> > SOME of us demonstrates that it relates a story attuned to the
> > tastes of a portion of the global audience.  There is no dearth of
> > artistry in successfully crossing borders, geopolitical and mental...
> > 

I think Eric makes a very good point.  For me, the style was the thing and it was enough.  When the 'chess thing' started, I wanted it to be a true allegory, more like, say, Spenser's Faierie Queene.  I got very frustrated, because they didn't fulfill my expectations along those lines.  Eventually, I just relaxed, stopped trying to fit everything that was going on into a consistent master plan, and just enjoyed.

>From what I can tell, Lynch doesn't like to intellectualize his film making. Instead, he gets struck by images which he strings together in an intuitive, associative, rather than logical, rationalistic way.  He also appears to be a great believer in serendipity.  If something spontaneously occurs during filming that grabs him, he incorporates it into whatever was scripted.

I'm going to post an example separately.

-Rich Haller