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@bdp24 I’ve been meaning to watch “Paris, Texas.”

I love Harry Dean Stanton.  I just recently watched the hilarious David Lynch short, The Cowboy and the Frenchman starring the great Mr. Stanton on YouTube.  Jeez, what a great and a hilarious short.  My girlfriend and I were howling.

I play the theme from Twin Peaks, either the main theme or Laura Palmer’s love theme (or both) at this regular piano gig I picked up recently. Angelo is just brilliant in anything I’ve heard of his. David is as good as anyone in filmmaking in the use of music in film; not only with the original music in his films but in the use of popular music.

I had to pick up the Mulholland Drive soundtrack on CD online because it’s not available on iTunes and I couldn’t live without what may be my favorite vocal of all time; the Spanish, a cappella version of “Crying” by Orbison by Rebekah Del Rio.  The scene with that performance in the film is a stunner cinematically, as well.

I really enjoyed both Neil’s soundtrack and the Jarmusch film, Dead Man.  I know my girlfriend is a fan, we should give that a go soon also.

Too many damn movies to see.

@tylermunns:

David Lynch is one of the few genuine genius (a very overused adjective imo) of our lifetimes. Criterion was having their annual catalog sale a few weeks ago, and I picked up copies of their DVD (I haven’t yet made the move to Blue Ray) issues of Eraserhead (THE most disturbing film I’ve ever seen, and my favorite surrealistic picture.), Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Dr. to replace my "standard" copies. I also got their Crumb (fantastic movie!) and Don’t Look Back issues. I’m not as critical of visual quality as I am of sonic, but I’ll spend the extra $ for movies I really, really love.

Yeah, Badalamenti’s music is haunting, and very romantic. The scene in Mulholland Dr. you refer to never fails to bring me to tears. David Lynch obviously loves Roy Orbison. ;-)

@bdp24 Criterion looks great.  Streaming films can be an exercise in frustration for those who want good visuals.  I’ve sat there and spent 10+ dollars to watch one movie, bailing on multiple rentals in quick succession only to find the subsequent platforms look as bad as the previous.  Then the best looking one keeps freezing/buffering so I have to go back and settle for a bad looking stream…

No Blue Ray here yet, either, one of those things I keep saying I’m going to get.

I’ve been meaning to show my girlfriend Crumb for a while.  Thanks for the reminder!  
ANOTHER movie we gotta watch…

@tylermunns: Turning a new friend on to a favorite old album or movie is SO fun! It's also a great way to appraise their taste, intelligence, sense of humour, etc.

@bdp24 Indeed. I’ve shown/enjoyed-the-experience-of-rewatching tons of movies (certainly more plausible during a global pandemic) with my girlfriend the last couple years. It’s great. Talking about them afterwards, the whole bit.

Taking her for a spin on my fancy turntable with all my fancy gear and fancy records is pretty great, too.  

I still own Crumb on VHS.  I won’t show Katie Crumb that way unless I have to.  Will stream it or DVD it.  That came out when I was in junior high.  I hadn’t really seen many documentaries yet at that age.  That one set a high bar!  I’ve seen it many times.  As good a documentary as I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot over the past 25-odd years.

Terry Zwigoff’s other masterpiece, Ghost World, was one that didn’t garner an enthusiastic reaction from my partner, surprisingly, which is a rare occurrence.  Can’t win ‘em all, I guess.  Maybe it was just her mood at the time.

I think of Ghost World quite a bit.  I definitely think of it when I peruse Audiogon forums, seeing how ubiquitous the appreciation of bands not dissimilar to the one briefly portrayed in the film (Blues Hammer🤣🤣) is around these parts.