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Better Film: Mulholland Drive or Videodrome?
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Mulholland Drive
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Mulholland Drive for me.
#7
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I'd rather watch Videodrome again.
#8
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It’s been years since I’ve seen Videodrome and I don’t remember a lot. Mulholland Dr. is a masterpiece so it wins by default.
I also typically enjoy Lynch’s movies more than Cronenberg’s in general anyway.
I also typically enjoy Lynch’s movies more than Cronenberg’s in general anyway.
#9
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I love both, but I’ll have to go with Mulholland Drive. What David Lynch did with the 90 minute pilot and turned it into a 147 minute masterpiece is genius. He took an initial episode of a TV mystery and changed it via editing and additional footage into this story about a tale of how Hollywood uses women and how it created a love triangle that leads to jealousy and ultimately murder.
As good as the movie is, watching the pilot makes you appreciate it even more. Too bad it couldn't be included as an extra on the Criterion Blu-Ray.
As good as the movie is, watching the pilot makes you appreciate it even more. Too bad it couldn't be included as an extra on the Criterion Blu-Ray.
#10
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I don't like Videodrome and, as a non-David Lynch enthusiast, I haven't yet seen Mulholland Drive.
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Two classics of their respective genres, which are genres entirely of themselves. I love both of them to death. But Mulholland Dr. is one of my top 10 movies of all time, so it gets the nod.
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John Pannozzi (04-06-21)
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My instinct is to go with Cronenberg’s signature kooky movies as his best (The Fly, Videodrome, Naked Lunch, etc.) but I despite wanting to pick one of his creepy features, I always end up back with A History of Violence as his best.
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#20
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But to answer the thread's question: I prefer Mulholland Dr.
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For me it's easily The Brood, the closest he has come to making a scary movie. In general, I don't like over-intellectualizing in the horror genre. Most of Cronenberg's oeuvre leaves me cold. I can theoretically appreciate what he's trying to do, but his fetishistic "body horror" disquisitions don't appeal to my sensibilities. I can't relate to them. Dead Ringers is exquisitely directed and acted, but just not very involving. That's one I'd like to watch again, though. I haven't seen it in decades.
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Norm de Plume (04-03-21)
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I haven't seen it in decades either but I didn't like it, back then, although the acting and directing were weill done. Everytime someone praises the movie, I think about giving it another shot. Sometimes being older helps. I didn't like Blade Runner or Get Shorty when I watched them as a teenager.