The ontological premise of America is that it is a land of dreams and can therefore be shaped by those who occupy it consciously. Lynch is great at revealing America and American values, 1950's gender norms, etc are on the surface a performance. Moreover, the performance is a result of generational trauma (signifiers of 1950's optimism in pop culture wouldn't have existed without the horror of World War II) and therapeutic aspirations that are both dreamlike and nightmarish in thier externalisation. Sailor's need to perform his love (rather than just experience it) fulfils his need to embody the archetypal American hero. He will never question his drive to do so or relax into a more relaxed authentic self. This is mainly because his performance is rewarded by his world and seemingly heals his lover's childhood traumatic experiences of male authority figures.
No one cares about this but I need to get this off my chest. When I was first watching Twin Peaks my dad kept on bringing up Wild at Heart and talking about how it was bad, when we were watching Twin Peaks: THE RETURN I pointed out that Mr. C was wearing a snakeskin jacket like Sailor from Wild in Heart and my dad said that he's never heard of Wild at Heart.
Another great episode! Your conversation towards the end (regarding the vocal modulation with the fella in the bar) really highlights how Lynch blurs (and sometimes collapses) objectivity and subjectivity in his work. Truly an underrated film.
Maybe Sailor's busted nose at the end is somehow a reference to the Scarecrow's nose...I don't know. The discoloration of the prosthetic made me think that.
@@nostromofidanza1502Agree. Inland Empire IMO has many interpretations, but they are all bad but Mullholand Drive was pretty clearly bad. Also, what about Lost Highway? That also had a bleak ending (the guy dies in the electric chair and we see his hallucinations before he dies) The original Twin Peaks did as well, the hero (Agent Cooper) is trapped and the main antagonist, the killer Bob is free to do terrible things as Cooper’s Doppelgänger. Most of Lynch’s films had bleak endings.
this is a great watch! i watched wild at heart the night before this got posted so great timing too, i still need to get through the rest of the lynch filmography
A few months before this film came out I was driving my then GF through the hills around midnight, and we were first on the scene of an accident that had happened moment earlier. Watching that scene was visceral. I have never seen anyone else before or since capture the way the realisation dawns slow, and how quiet it is. In mine, the dazed guy wanted a ciggie, and hadn't realised his GF was still in the upside down van, lying in petrol, unconscious. Lucky we didn't smoke.
In the UK (and everywhere outside the US), the scene where Bobby Peru blows his own head off is completely uncensored (there's no smoke) and it's BRUTAL, but we do get one final look at is teeth along his lower jawline as his head from the jaw up launches into the air and splats against a wall.
cool video. I'd like to note, the music was "Thrash" style of metal, it's very common in the late 80s and 90s music scene, with bands Slayer, Megadeth, Panter, etc. It's so VERY SPECIFIC for the time and place when it was play... and then it becomes "Love me Tender." It's hard to be cynical when it shifts like that, also Nic Cage is handsome when he plays it so he also adds to that magic. But yeah, something like Waynes World, that's the type of visual I think to that music.
yeah i watched rising arizona and wild at heart both for the first one after the other and they are so different yet so similar. even nick cage wearing a weird face sock mask during a robbery
This one’s in contention for my favorite Lynch film. Got to catch it in theaters this year too and it was great. Did I ever tell you this here snakeskin jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?
Interesting that you will do Mullholland Drive before Fire Walk With Me since it feels a bit more straightforward with the surface level stuff, but either way very excited for the new episodes and this one was great as always :D
this movie also is about just how cool nicholas cage is. I don't really see the connection to twin peaks that Adam saw in it. I think another touchstone of David Lynch's work very much seen in this movie is memorable strange side-characters.
I am indifferent to Lynch (nothing against him, I'm just kinda basic) but I love your videos on his stuff, Maggie. Your analysis is really in-depth and nuanced, but I don't have any issue understanding it, and it's a fascinating watch every time.
There's a South Korean movie with a really strong Wizard of Oz influence called "Save the Green Planet". You might really enjoy it. One of my favorite movies.
Interesting that the backstory thing they both lied about is the role of the mother. Meanwhile I love the terrible faces. Distressed Laura Dern was my favourite
I love listening to these talks, but watching the video is dizzying with so many super fast cuts between the cameras. Would it be possible to instead have both of you in frame, without cutting between every half second?
jamais vu is nostalgia for a time you weren't in,so lynchs nost.holds up never watched wizard of oz compltely,thought it was in black&white thot everything psart of st.elsewheres multiverse, so this is lost highways prequel "it feels like its about to jerk off the rails", would of gone another way w/that line
Another director that uses voice alteration to the point of being unintelligible is Christopher Nolan. Though I'd argue that Nolan's use is *not* emotionally honest to the film. In his movie Tenet, there are many times in which the dialogue is so low that you can't understand the characters over the sound effects. Nolan argued that he wanted the home video releases closed captioning to _not_ include what was being said, but show [unintelligible] on screen, instead.
Nolan’s dialogue is hard to hear even in Theaters. Saw Oppenheimer and Interstellar in theaters and the music drowns out the dialogue in several scenes.
I love the parts with Isabella Rossellini in it, otherwise it's a no go. Lost Highway is my favorite Lynch film, because I never finished it, but the version in my head is brilliant. I have it on DVD with Swedish subtitles (like all Lynch films, except Eraserhead) but I will never unwrap the plastic from it, because the version in my head is perfection.
I guess I am showing my age when I say if you do not think the best cherry pie of Lynch's 80s is Blue Velvet. A note, also: y'all take too long to get into the meat of the discussion. But my NOTE to y'all is the video on Dune should be deleted and destroyed because it shows neither of y'all understand scfi or Dune and it is all shitting on that film, which Lynch disowned. Anyway, I am unfollowing because this is not for my demographic.🤪
im so torn cos on one hand id love to watch a new maggie mae fish video. but on the other hand listening to some random youtube man with a big bushy beard talk about david lynch for an hour sounds like my personal nightmare / a combination of everything i want to avoid on youtube
We're judging people by appearance now? Is that the in thing kids do nowadays? Adam is very cool and has very interesting insights. You're missing out.
Hey…
Did you know that this snake skin jacket is a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?
Yeah okay Captain America. /s
I like how Maggie Mae Fish came dressed as the chair
The ontological premise of America is that it is a land of dreams and can therefore be shaped by those who occupy it consciously. Lynch is great at revealing America and American values, 1950's gender norms, etc are on the surface a performance. Moreover, the performance is a result of generational trauma (signifiers of 1950's optimism in pop culture wouldn't have existed without the horror of World War II) and therapeutic aspirations that are both dreamlike and nightmarish in thier externalisation. Sailor's need to perform his love (rather than just experience it) fulfils his need to embody the archetypal American hero. He will never question his drive to do so or relax into a more relaxed authentic self. This is mainly because his performance is rewarded by his world and seemingly heals his lover's childhood traumatic experiences of male authority figures.
Great comment. Really interesting thoughts. You should write a blog post or make a video about this
I like your fancy words about lynch
I don't think I'll ever stop being uniquely tickled by Jack Nance's "my dog barks some" soliloquy in this film; cheers for another solid episode...
No one cares about this but I need to get this off my chest. When I was first watching Twin Peaks my dad kept on bringing up Wild at Heart and talking about how it was bad, when we were watching Twin Peaks: THE RETURN I pointed out that Mr. C was wearing a snakeskin jacket like Sailor from Wild in Heart and my dad said that he's never heard of Wild at Heart.
Im not sure what to make of this lol
@@sontiyo7113 Neither am I.
This is a scene straight out of a Lynch work
Could it be…he forgot?
@@sharibyaku No we binged it all within maybe less than a month.
Exactly, the color is not just vibe, it's basically a character
I love how the editing of the podcast is getting wilder as the episodes go on 😂
Another great episode! Your conversation towards the end (regarding the vocal modulation with the fella in the bar) really highlights how Lynch blurs (and sometimes collapses) objectivity and subjectivity in his work. Truly an underrated film.
The natural oddness of the vibes of this series is a worthy tribute to Lynch's filmography.
I love when they forget to mute her blinks.
Saw it in Mississippi right when it came out and the whole crowd was completely freaked out.
Maybe Sailor's busted nose at the end is somehow a reference to the Scarecrow's nose...I don't know. The discoloration of the prosthetic made me think that.
Unlike the book, Wild at Heart has a happy ending. Lynch’s movies regardless how violent or melodramatic, has a happy ending
Lol finish all of the twin peaks story and report back 😅
Do they? FWWM, Mullholland Drive and Island Empire all end quite bleak I think.
@@nostromofidanza1502Agree. Inland Empire IMO has many interpretations, but they are all bad but Mullholand Drive was pretty clearly bad. Also, what about Lost Highway? That also had a bleak ending (the guy dies in the electric chair and we see his hallucinations before he dies) The original Twin Peaks did as well, the hero (Agent Cooper) is trapped and the main antagonist, the killer Bob is free to do terrible things as Cooper’s Doppelgänger. Most of Lynch’s films had bleak endings.
You are genuinely the best media analyst I’ve ever heard. Your takes are so solid and clear and based in the text
I love this series!
this is a great watch!
i watched wild at heart the night before this got posted so great timing too, i still need to get through the rest of the lynch filmography
Came here from nebula just to say- the ending hunk of … burning… Elvis ? 10/10, no notes are relevant, and therefore possible ❤
A few months before this film came out I was driving my then GF through the hills around midnight, and we were first on the scene of an accident that had happened moment earlier. Watching that scene was visceral. I have never seen anyone else before or since capture the way the realisation dawns slow, and how quiet it is. In mine, the dazed guy wanted a ciggie, and hadn't realised his GF was still in the upside down van, lying in petrol, unconscious. Lucky we didn't smoke.
In the UK (and everywhere outside the US), the scene where Bobby Peru blows his own head off is completely uncensored (there's no smoke) and it's BRUTAL, but we do get one final look at is teeth along his lower jawline as his head from the jaw up launches into the air and splats against a wall.
What about Jack Nance's character talking about his dog & picturing Toto? That scene was amazing.
this is easily my favorite episode so far
So glad I got to see this in a theater 🤍
I can't wait to watch this after work tonight! I've always said if I could literally eat a movie, it would be Wild At Heart.
nummy nummy!
@@MaggieMaeFishdouble nummy in my tummy
This is such a great movie
I love how many of these cold openings start with maintaining intense eye contact. 10/10 no notes.
cool video. I'd like to note, the music was "Thrash" style of metal, it's very common in the late 80s and 90s music scene, with bands Slayer, Megadeth, Panter, etc. It's so VERY SPECIFIC for the time and place when it was play... and then it becomes "Love me Tender." It's hard to be cynical when it shifts like that, also Nic Cage is handsome when he plays it so he also adds to that magic.
But yeah, something like Waynes World, that's the type of visual I think to that music.
I just watched Blue Velvet and I'm looking forward for its analysis on this show
Commenting to boost the video! I will return when I have seen this film! Just been HELLA busy lately
I wish we got a good mysthical nostalgia Paul Bunyan americana story.
This movie was a hard watch at times. Willem Dafoe's character was genuinely disturbing. Such a great actor.
Also the perfect sequence of films is:
Blood Simple -> Raising Arizona -> Wild at Heart -> Blue Velvet
yeah i watched rising arizona and wild at heart both for the first one after the other and they are so different yet so similar. even nick cage wearing a weird face sock mask during a robbery
Hope you've settled in nicely to your new house Maggie and Baby Lewis and Murphy like their new surroundings.
This was wonderful. I eagerly anticipate your take on egregious teeth in subsequent LynchPins.
That bit at the hotel where they’re making a Texas style film is a real who’s who of “that guy.”
I love Maggie Mae Fish
Great review of this 90s Nick Cage movie I miss the 90s my childhood
This movie MUST be played at maximum volume for the full effect
OK it's reassuring that Willem Defoe's teeth had a similar psychological impact on others as well.
I think this is my favourite film of all time.
Thanks for the vid
This one’s in contention for my favorite Lynch film. Got to catch it in theaters this year too and it was great. Did I ever tell you this here snakeskin jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom?
Ok, I've been waiting for this, because this is my mom's favorite film (never seen her watch it though 🤔)!
Been waiting for this oneee :)
1:16 Strap in folks!🎉😝🎉
Interesting that you will do Mullholland Drive before Fire Walk With Me since it feels a bit more straightforward with the surface level stuff, but either way very excited for the new episodes and this one was great as always :D
FWWM is kind of excluded from this scale of "least Lynch to most Lynch" because we're handling Twin Peaks entirely on its own in Season 2 (tenatively)
The book is a great read, too.
this movie also is about just how cool nicholas cage is. I don't really see the connection to twin peaks that Adam saw in it. I think another touchstone of David Lynch's work very much seen in this movie is memorable strange side-characters.
I am indifferent to Lynch (nothing against him, I'm just kinda basic) but I love your videos on his stuff, Maggie. Your analysis is really in-depth and nuanced, but I don't have any issue understanding it, and it's a fascinating watch every time.
There's a South Korean movie with a really strong Wizard of Oz influence called "Save the Green Planet". You might really enjoy it. One of my favorite movies.
ooohhhh
Great video once again!
Interesting that the backstory thing they both lied about is the role of the mother.
Meanwhile I love the terrible faces. Distressed Laura Dern was my favourite
enjoyed listening to 2 nerds talking about things I like A++
I love listening to these talks, but watching the video is dizzying with so many super fast cuts between the cameras. Would it be possible to instead have both of you in frame, without cutting between every half second?
I'm looking forward to Blue Velvet
The novels are great. Think there are three now?
Servite Marta, friends, it's time for class.
jamais vu is nostalgia for a time you weren't in,so lynchs nost.holds up
never watched wizard of oz compltely,thought it was in black&white
thot everything psart of st.elsewheres multiverse, so this is lost highways prequel
"it feels like its about to jerk off the rails", would of gone another way w/that line
Skimming the comments makes me wish we got a movie adaptation of shade the changing man directed by lynch.
I don’t think I actually ever saw wizard of oz, have seen Casablanca and citizen Kane though.
I live in the hills its bad!
this might be the rarest of defoes
Save Martha!
_Cannes_ is pronounced like "can" (as in tin can), not "Khan". 😅
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Did I miss Blue Velvet or are you doing them out of order?
we are doing them in order of "least Lynch" to "most Lynch" and Blue Velvet is NEXT!!!
Another director that uses voice alteration to the point of being unintelligible is Christopher Nolan. Though I'd argue that Nolan's use is *not* emotionally honest to the film. In his movie Tenet, there are many times in which the dialogue is so low that you can't understand the characters over the sound effects. Nolan argued that he wanted the home video releases closed captioning to _not_ include what was being said, but show [unintelligible] on screen, instead.
Nolan’s dialogue is hard to hear even in Theaters. Saw Oppenheimer and Interstellar in theaters and the music drowns out the dialogue in several scenes.
Did they skip Blue Velvet?
It's next!!
@@MaggieMaeFish awesome!
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Christ almighty.
I love the parts with Isabella Rossellini in it, otherwise it's a no go. Lost Highway is my favorite Lynch film, because I never finished it, but the version in my head is brilliant. I have it on DVD with Swedish subtitles (like all Lynch films, except Eraserhead) but I will never unwrap the plastic from it, because the version in my head is perfection.
I have never seen Eraserhead , I think it blows Lost Highway out of the water
Goofy
Did you see the new Zack Snyder animated series ? It’s getting amazing praise for inclusion and representation. 😂
I guess I am showing my age when I say if you do not think the best cherry pie of Lynch's 80s is Blue Velvet. A note, also: y'all take too long to get into the meat of the discussion. But my NOTE to y'all is the video on Dune should be deleted and destroyed because it shows neither of y'all understand scfi or Dune and it is all shitting on that film, which Lynch disowned. Anyway, I am unfollowing because this is not for my demographic.🤪
im so torn cos on one hand id love to watch a new maggie mae fish video. but on the other hand listening to some random youtube man with a big bushy beard talk about david lynch for an hour sounds like my personal nightmare / a combination of everything i want to avoid on youtube
like even the preview pic just oozes "room full of podcast guys" energy 😨😬
i'll just wait however many months until a video doesnt have that guy, i really dont want to hear what he has to say , especially for an hour
We're judging people by appearance now? Is that the in thing kids do nowadays?
Adam is very cool and has very interesting insights. You're missing out.
you seem nice