"The Wild Trail of the Demon Night" is closer to a great literary work

Mattie 2022-03-20 09:01:35

When I watch "The Wilderness of the Night," there is a sense of déjà vu, I mean the structure and narrative of the film,

or we can say, David Lynch is like a skilled writer, between the lines of reality and dream Fragments come at your fingertips

but lacks control. The abrupt ending of the film is proof that he leaves too many clues, but when sorting them out, he finds that he can't justify it.

Although we can sort out a clear thread for the film by watching the film repeatedly or with the help of foreign websites: the

jazz musician passes the car through the car . The repairman regains forgotten memories, and even uses dreams to satisfy his suppressed desires.

What , the film can be raised to a philosophical level and explore the connection between David Lynch and Lacan.

But as the film itself, His main line is not clear enough, as Deng Ying said: a work that relies on interpretation to obtain interpretation is not perfect.

Today let us repeat that "the virtue of

art comes from chaos" is obviously inappropriate. And mystery is an idealized creative mode.

We all know that dreams are uncontrollable and, at the same time, uninterpretable.

The direction of the work is ultimately oriented to the author's choice. Otherwise, Dostoevsky's preaching of "I am controlled by the characters in my work" wouldn't be a joke today.

Of course , I still love this movie, for the reasons already mentioned, compared to what was shot afterwards. "Mu Holland Road" and "Desolate Trail of the Demon Night" are closer to a great literary work.

Suddenly I remembered a sentence Li said to me in 2005:

"You should watch more movies"

(Liu Yan)

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Extended Reading
  • Angel 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    David Lynch's image intuition needs further research, but the design of sound is obviously systematic. The sound field is always free from the inside and outside of the screen, and the image itself builds a sensory art that is separated and integrated: sound precedes action, while characters It always lags behind. In the burst of light and shadow evoked by the sound, the character's state (emotion) is always dominated by the sound, which changes with the volume and the distance of the sound source, and the tone of the paragraph is also adjusted accordingly. The almost sarcastic tone in the bizarre plot can always integrate/reshape it, and the chaotic events that are repeatedly stacked and devoured self-generate a paraphrase system in “dream-reality”, disrupting the internal order of the narrative. The annular structure is more of a self-solidifying closed loop for the image, and it does not need to be burdened by its genre stereotypes, but in itself, it is not impossible to regard it as a confusing variation of dream/reality. This film can be better evaluated by looking at other works of David Lynch.

  • Dante 2022-04-22 07:01:10

    The prototype of [Mulholland Drive], even the themes are similar, they are all love killings, and they all express the difficulties of reality through dreams and imagination. But obviously [Mulholland Drive] is more mellow and skilled, and the whole story is more coherent. Lynch has a pretty good taste in music

Lost Highway quotes

  • [in Pete's vision of Alice]

    Alice Wakefield: Did you want to talk to me? Did you want to ask me "WHY"?

  • Arnie: Pete! Where've you been? It's really good you're back! A lot of people are gonna be happy that you're back, including me!

    Pete Dayton: Well, it's good to be back, Arnie.

    Arnie: Mr. Smith is waiting for you.

    Pete Dayton: Sure, I'll take care of him.

    Arnie: And Mr. Eddy called every day asking about you. Can I call him and tell him to come in?

    Pete Dayton: Sure, call him. Tell him to come in and I'm ready to work.

    Arnie: You're ready to work?

    Pete Dayton: I'm ready to work.

    Arnie: [to the other garage employees] Pete is back!