View Poll Results: Which is Lynch's best movie?

Eraserhead (1977)

3.16%

The Elephant Man (1980)

8.42%

Dune (1984)

8.42%

Blue Velvet (1986)

20.00%

Wild at Heart (1990)

6.32%

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

3.16%

Lost Highway (1997)

8.42%

The Straight Story (1999)

5.26%

Mulholland Drive (2001)

35.79%

Other

1.05%

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01-18-04, 05:59 PM

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best David Lynch movie

Which is his best movie?

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01-18-04, 06:11 PM

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I love em all...cept for Dune...but Mulholland Dr. is my fave of his...

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01-18-04, 06:23 PM

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Definitely Mulholland Drive for me, followed by Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet.

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01-18-04, 06:58 PM

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I'm pretty sure I've seen everything David Lynch has released, including television commercials and the content on his website, and I go with Blue Velvet. After that, there are so many excellent movies, I can't really choose between Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, or Mulholland Drive.

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01-18-04, 07:02 PM

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I know others will disagree, but Mullholland drive edges out Blue Velvet in my book

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01-18-04, 07:36 PM

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Tough one for me, because I thought Blue Velvet was so good...but I think The Straight Story proved that Lynch just wasn't about R-Rated surrealism.

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01-18-04, 07:37 PM

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I'm going to go with Mulholland Dr., also.

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01-18-04, 07:43 PM

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Blue Velvet, though they're all great (except for Dune, which is still pretty good).

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01-18-04, 10:24 PM

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I love David Lynch and held Blue Velvet as his masterpiece for many years. Until Mulholland Drive. I have never seen a movie that had me at complete attention for days after I saw it. Just amazing.

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01-18-04, 11:12 PM

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No one mentioned Eraserhead. Is it because no one has seen it yet?

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01-18-04, 11:57 PM

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I went with Lost Highway. Actually, I don't think there is a bad one in the bunch, so it's really hard to choose (I've seen them all, multiple times each). I might put Dune or Twin Peaks in the top spot on another day, depending on my mood.

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01-19-04, 12:29 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by jayson1017
No one mentioned Eraserhead. Is it because no one has seen it yet?

I've seen it. I prefer Mulholland Dr., though.

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01-19-04, 12:40 AM

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I've seen Eraserhead as well, and prefer Blue Velvet.

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01-19-04, 01:01 AM

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The best for David Lynch being David Lynch would be Eraserhead and Lost Highway. The best in terms of 'real' movies would be The Elephant Man.

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01-19-04, 09:56 AM

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Lost Highway

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01-19-04, 10:41 AM

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Mulholland Drive... I am still baffled two years later...

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01-19-04, 10:44 AM

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Lost Highway; it's also one of my favorite movies ever.

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01-19-04, 11:52 AM

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Allright fess up, who voted for Dune?

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01-19-04, 12:17 PM

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I voted for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, but it was a close call between that and Blue Velvet for me. When all is said and done though, I can not deny FWWM. It is brilliant.

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01-19-04, 12:31 PM

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Quote:

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No one mentioned Eraserhead. Is it because no one has seen it yet?

If you haven't seen Eraserhead, you are not a true Lynch fan.

Voted Lost Highway, though it was hard to choose.

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01-19-04, 12:35 PM

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Dune

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01-19-04, 01:00 PM

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If you haven't seen Eraserhead, you are not a true Lynch fan.

Okay, how about this . . . what are you if you have seen Eraserhead (probably 5+ times), but have never seen any of his other movies (well, I have seen a good bit of Dune)?