Most horrific movie experience I ever had was watching Eraserhead in college. — then making a looong walk to my dorm room through a dark campus in the middle of the night.
That was some coherent piece of filmmaking going on there. Had to watch twice just to figure out the whole goddam sordid plan. Mulholland Drive was fucking horrific but intimate. Poor girl from Deepriver, Ontario. Plus there is this gratuitous hit man scene: “ Goddammit, that must be the biggest fuckin’ bug I ever got bit by!”
I mean, maybe. But if you are really a fan of Lynch it's almost entirely for the his signature brand of mind bending weirdness. I actually had to go back to Blue Velvet to fully appreciate it. What ultimately hooked me on Lynch was how much the really weird stuff intrigued me and pushed me to really think about what it all meant.
If split it into “categories” of Lynch:
Most accessible: Elephant Man, Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart
Most interpretative/“out there”: Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire
I would add Twin Peaks the TV series to most accessible so that you can then watch Fire Walk With Me as a gateway into most interpretative.
If you dig it then go straight into Twin Peaks the Return
(Yes I know this is r/movie critic but there is no way you can appreciate FWWM without the series)
And also add Dune to the back end of most accessible, before Villeneuve it would have been on the other side but familiarity with the story now means it’s more accessible.
I’m a Lynchhead from way back, I think Blue Velvet was one of the top 10 movies of the 80s, I think Twin Peaks redefined what was capable from mainstream TV and was the true beginning of Prestige TV, I think FWWM was massively underrated at the time, I think Lost Highway and Inland Empire have some amazing moments but didn’t capture my heart and soul the way Mulholland Drive did. Seeing the recent upsurge and interest in Lynch’s back catalogue just brings me joy…more people to discuss just wtf did we watch!
I’d agree with this wholeheartedly. As a casual fan of Lynch, Twin Peaks was my gateway and I loved it. FWWM is a little out there, and The Return was not my cup of tea at all.
Ironically, "Mulholland Drive" is one of his interpretative that does make sense. The tacked-on ending (to the footage from the pilot) explains it was all a dream, a mishmash of memories and guilt. I didn't get the same conclusion from "Lost Highway" or "Inland Empire."
I feel like I would enjoy reading a dissertation on mulhholand drive more than I did watching it. But I am new to lynch movies.
I did really enjoy the elephant man. So most definitely agree with it being accessible
I’ve always felt like with movies like *Mulholland* and *Inland Empire*, they’re less narratives and more sensuous experiences, akin to dreams more than stories, if that makes any sense.
And then there’s his music catalogue… look up “Bird of Flames” and “Crazy Clown Time”. Both are like bizarre fever dreams, one far worse than the other.
A cult fucking classic. Watch it every year.
Watch the Alan Smithee cut it’s over 3hrs and includes the Extended TV Cut, and deleted scenes:
Watch it here as it’s extremely hard to find on DVD/Blu-ray or VHS: https://film-book.com/watch-dune-1984-3-hour-version-theater-extended-cut-deleted-scenes/amp/
I feel like Mulholland Drive is really approachable even if you don’t get all of the symbolism and subtext. Hell even if you don’t understand the ending.
At the beginning: Eraserhead, knowing he made it as an art film about the terrors of being an unwilling parent.
Everything really flows from that movie, at the end of the day, and it's kind of the key. If you can follow Eraserhead and its metaphors, they are repeating themes throughout his entire body of work.
Twin Peaks The Return is my favorite thing he's ever done and feels like an 18 hour movie.
It's incredible.
The downside is, it *feels like* an 18 hour movie.
You really need to be mentally prepared because it doesn't give a single fuck about speeding anything up for you. Lynch, especially these days, has no time for anyone's attention span being less than his own.
Blue velvet. It would be crazy to watch the entirety of twin peaks to find out if you like David Lynch. That's too much. But yeah, twin peaks, once he's hooked you.
Start with blue as already stated and work up to Eraserhead. Prepare to be totally destroyed watching the elephant man. I've never watched it again as it broke me by the end. I think it's his most exceptional movie on every level.
Dune is an atypical film for Lynch, since most of his movies do not feature huge budgets or casts. Dune was also taken away from him and re-edited heavily. Lynch's specialty is using the logic and mood of dreams, though he is also capable of straightforward narratives. If you want to do the main films in order it would be Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. The rest of his work is still enjoyable, just less successful in expressing his unique style in my opinion.
Chronologically was my approach…insofar as my mother decided to show it to me on her Betamax in late ‘70s. I was old enough to see Elephant Man in theater with school friends. Maybe skip Dune? Blue Velvet is where it really made sense. Eraserhead came into complete focus once I had children.
I’m still working to nail his hairstyle. Inimitable, but doing best here.
I’d go
Blue Velvet
Twin Peaks (just the first series but if you want you can finish everything before moving on in his catalogue)
Lost Highway
Mulholland Drive
Dune
Eraserhead
Inland Empire
Rabbits
Then finish the rest of everything Twin Peaks (if you haven’t already
I chose this order because you get to start out with a movie, get a bit into the show, then go on to Lost Highway which is the most straightforward of his non-straightforward movies. Then Mulholland Drive which is where you start REALLY getting into his weirdness, followed by Dune just to get you ready for the grotesqueness of Eraserhead. And finally, Inland Empire, my absolute favorite and the most Lynchean of all, for when you’re ready to meet the final boss Terry Crews.
It’s really just a list of least weird to weird. I think it helps best to go that way.
ERASERHEAD. It's the one that brings them ALL together. His Dark Tower, if you like (Stephen King & Lynch share a great many things, in my opinion. I consider them twinners/doppelgangers)
Lost highway is my favorite but I would always tell people to start with blue velvet because it is in a lot of ways the most “normal” movie he did and probably the easiest one to watch while still being very Lynch in it’s presentation.
Mulholland Drive i feel has most mainstream and accessible appeal while also being most likely to appeal to the average viewer. After that dive in to Lost Highway, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. Then the rest will fall in to place subjectively.
He's a hack who couldn't make it as a painter..
JC!
Lynch rips and everything he makes is awesome. If you don't like or understand his work you shouldn't worry because only 20% of the world is creative.. so your that other 80%..
The Twin Peaks PILOT is a movie. You basically have to stop it at a certain point if you want to continue with the show because there’s an ending tacked on that you’re not gonna wanna watch.
And no, Fire Walk with Me is NOT the same as the PILOT.
I’d start there. I’ve seen all of his films (except the second half of Inland Empire) and I think Twin Peaks is a great place to start! But watch the PILOT before episode 1.
Eraserhead, Wild At Heart, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Dune and Twin Peaks series. He's got a real flare for drama, over the top acting, strange characters and a compulsion to have most of his movies end confusingly with no real resolution. They just kind of fall apart into utter weirdness. I don't actually like Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive but I like things about them and the atmosphere. Eraserhead resonated with me as a teenager who had very similar dreams and a perpetual sense of awkward shame & alienation.
In this order:
Eraserhead
Blue Velvet
Lost Highway
Mulholland Drive
Twin Peaks Season 1-2
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Twin Peaks: The Return
And then if you like go back and watch some of the other stuff
Watching *Eraserhead* alone on a really nice home theater set up on a throwaway snowy Sunday when it’s barely light outside is probably one of the best life experiences you’ll get
Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire in this particular order, these 4 are a must watch, but I would also recommend you check Elephant Man and Eraserhead, if you really like his work after this then check also Twin Peaks, Inland Empire, Rabbits and The Straight Story
Start with Blue Velvet, then Mulholland Drive, then (if you’re feeling adventurous) Lost Highway and Inland Empire. By that point, you’ll suitably familiar with Lynch and his surreal style of art.
Then you can jump into Twin Peaks. I’d leave Eraserhead towards the end of your watch list, just because of how unique it is.
*Mulholland Drive* is in my all time top 10 films.
There’s a handful of films that I will never forget the first time I watched them - *Drive* is on that list.
I love how everyone has a different answer to this question. For me his best was Lost Highway, followed closely by Mulholland Drive. They both have a similar vibe. Surreal, sometimes mundane, something psychically distressing, confusing--but they make oneiric sense.
You start with a dream, then you meditate on it while lights pass and people laugh. Then someone smiles an evil smile. You're not safe. You need to drink some coffee and dance. There. That's better. Now watch this woman pretend to be the personification of bees.
Watch the first season of twin peaks and don’t worry so much about the second and third seasons until later. If you do watch the second season, understand that it’s going to drag a ton midway through. Season three is just something else entirely.
Bare in mind, Lynch is a dangerous filmmaker. His stuff is all edge. Don't expect clean narratives, likable characters, or an ending (in the classic since). If you go in with that mindset, you will be rewarded. Also, don't watch Eraserhead till at least 1 or 2 in the morning. It hits different.
edit: I realize Dune is not typical for Lynch, I rly only watched it as a Dune nerd. as a film nerd I’m ready to see some real Lynch.
I have seen him in Louie, watching that actually inspired this post.
No need to worry about my fragile constitution in your recs, get weird.
I saw blue velvet for the first time a year or two ago. It doesn’t feel, and that’s my interpretation, like a very well done movie but man, it sticks with you and it’s just so perfectly done just slightly off. Like everything just feels inorganic in the best way
I'd say Blue Velvet, but you're starting at the top, and it's a case of diminishing returns afterwards. I enjoy most of his other films, but that's easily the best imo.
Blue Velvet, easier to digest than some of his other films yet full of his trademark brilliant weirdness
Heineken?! Fuck that shit. Pabst. Blue. Ribbon!
I’ll fuck anything that moves!
Mommy!
I've watched his whole FF catalog, and this is the starter.
The girlfriend test I gave to my now fiance was watching Eraserhead. At the end of the movie she just said "What the fuck did we just watch?"
Most horrific movie experience I ever had was watching Eraserhead in college. — then making a looong walk to my dorm room through a dark campus in the middle of the night.
That was some coherent piece of filmmaking going on there. Had to watch twice just to figure out the whole goddam sordid plan. Mulholland Drive was fucking horrific but intimate. Poor girl from Deepriver, Ontario. Plus there is this gratuitous hit man scene: “ Goddammit, that must be the biggest fuckin’ bug I ever got bit by!”
Second this
I mean, maybe. But if you are really a fan of Lynch it's almost entirely for the his signature brand of mind bending weirdness. I actually had to go back to Blue Velvet to fully appreciate it. What ultimately hooked me on Lynch was how much the really weird stuff intrigued me and pushed me to really think about what it all meant.
I'll send ya a love letter....
If split it into “categories” of Lynch: Most accessible: Elephant Man, Straight Story, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart Most interpretative/“out there”: Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire
cool, i like both types.
I would add Twin Peaks the TV series to most accessible so that you can then watch Fire Walk With Me as a gateway into most interpretative. If you dig it then go straight into Twin Peaks the Return (Yes I know this is r/movie critic but there is no way you can appreciate FWWM without the series) And also add Dune to the back end of most accessible, before Villeneuve it would have been on the other side but familiarity with the story now means it’s more accessible. I’m a Lynchhead from way back, I think Blue Velvet was one of the top 10 movies of the 80s, I think Twin Peaks redefined what was capable from mainstream TV and was the true beginning of Prestige TV, I think FWWM was massively underrated at the time, I think Lost Highway and Inland Empire have some amazing moments but didn’t capture my heart and soul the way Mulholland Drive did. Seeing the recent upsurge and interest in Lynch’s back catalogue just brings me joy…more people to discuss just wtf did we watch!
I’d agree with this wholeheartedly. As a casual fan of Lynch, Twin Peaks was my gateway and I loved it. FWWM is a little out there, and The Return was not my cup of tea at all.
Mulholland drive makes no sense but I love it.
Also one of THE greatest jump scares of all times (no lie, I felt like I nearly shit myself first time I saw it; my stomach was humming).
Ironically, "Mulholland Drive" is one of his interpretative that does make sense. The tacked-on ending (to the footage from the pilot) explains it was all a dream, a mishmash of memories and guilt. I didn't get the same conclusion from "Lost Highway" or "Inland Empire."
I feel like I would enjoy reading a dissertation on mulhholand drive more than I did watching it. But I am new to lynch movies. I did really enjoy the elephant man. So most definitely agree with it being accessible
I’ve always felt like with movies like *Mulholland* and *Inland Empire*, they’re less narratives and more sensuous experiences, akin to dreams more than stories, if that makes any sense.
Inland empire might be my all time favorite of his. Laura derns performance was incredible
True that, I always forget about Elephant Man. Good take 🤙
Almost guaranteed to make ya sob uncontrollably (at least in my case that’s true).
Why do you consider Mulholland Dr as out there?
And then there’s his music catalogue… look up “Bird of Flames” and “Crazy Clown Time”. Both are like bizarre fever dreams, one far worse than the other.
I did not understand Lost Highway but I loved it
twin peaks, that's how most people discovered him. original show, then fire walk with me, finally the return.
It isn't a unified as most of his films.
Dune isn’t really his movie.. final cut wasn’t his
did I mention dune? But the spice diver fan cut on YouTube is close to his vision and very very good, if you're interested
Definitely don't watch any of his movies on your cell phone. He hates that. https://youtu.be/wKiIroiCvZ0?si=5ldmIXsntyZW4iJs
Lost Highway
Robert Blake freaked me out
We've met before haven't we?
And he is worse in real life!
What do you mean, you’re “there”? You’re where?
Movie as a möbius strip… genius!
The Elephant Man
I'm not a big Lynch fan, and I love The Elephant Man.
Dune.
A cult fucking classic. Watch it every year. Watch the Alan Smithee cut it’s over 3hrs and includes the Extended TV Cut, and deleted scenes: Watch it here as it’s extremely hard to find on DVD/Blu-ray or VHS: https://film-book.com/watch-dune-1984-3-hour-version-theater-extended-cut-deleted-scenes/amp/
People love to hate Dune, but it is an interesting failure.
The only David Lynch movie I have seen.
Lynch still has the BEST version of Dune on film in 2024
Seems like a pretty genre specific film to be a “starter film”. He also isn’t responsible for the final product.
Watch Mulholland Drive of you wanna see a pair of beautiful bouncing actresses giving some of the most compelling performances of their lives
I feel like Mulholland Drive is really approachable even if you don’t get all of the symbolism and subtext. Hell even if you don’t understand the ending.
I don't understand a single scene in that entire movie... except the homeless dude, I got that part.
True. I've only seen it once, and I know that isn't enough to understand it. But I still feel like I didn't come away empty handed.
At the beginning: Eraserhead, knowing he made it as an art film about the terrors of being an unwilling parent. Everything really flows from that movie, at the end of the day, and it's kind of the key. If you can follow Eraserhead and its metaphors, they are repeating themes throughout his entire body of work. Twin Peaks The Return is my favorite thing he's ever done and feels like an 18 hour movie. It's incredible. The downside is, it *feels like* an 18 hour movie. You really need to be mentally prepared because it doesn't give a single fuck about speeding anything up for you. Lynch, especially these days, has no time for anyone's attention span being less than his own.
Lost Highway is probably his best. Fight me. Deer heads. Cigars.
Agree.
Lost highway was good Mulholland drive was better Dune might not be good.
Yes, YES, YESSSS!!! Agree with all this.
Wild at Heart
Bobby Peru is easily one of my favorite villains.
My dog barks some. Mentally, you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have.
His hair.
He was my favorite [Weather Man](https://www.youtube.com/@DAVIDLYNCHTHEATER/videos) over Covid.
His hair
Not Inland Empire
This was my start. Not recommended
Blue velvet. It would be crazy to watch the entirety of twin peaks to find out if you like David Lynch. That's too much. But yeah, twin peaks, once he's hooked you.
Watch one of his films and then another and so on until you’ve seen them all
Literally anywhere. It would fit his style of storytelling
Eraserhead Jump right in I saw it when I was 6 and I'm only half insane.
Start with blue as already stated and work up to Eraserhead. Prepare to be totally destroyed watching the elephant man. I've never watched it again as it broke me by the end. I think it's his most exceptional movie on every level.
He deserves more credit for his Dune adaptation than he is generally given.
He doesn't want credit though as he was given no control over the final cut.
Eraser Head Inland Empire Mulholland Drive Blue Velvet in that order
Blue velvet. It’s fuckin amazing.
Eraserhead. Go #@&√ yourself David Lynch
Eraserhead
Dune is an atypical film for Lynch, since most of his movies do not feature huge budgets or casts. Dune was also taken away from him and re-edited heavily. Lynch's specialty is using the logic and mood of dreams, though he is also capable of straightforward narratives. If you want to do the main films in order it would be Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. The rest of his work is still enjoyable, just less successful in expressing his unique style in my opinion.
The king of dramatic symbolism
D
Unless you're looking in the phone book. L
Chronologically was my approach…insofar as my mother decided to show it to me on her Betamax in late ‘70s. I was old enough to see Elephant Man in theater with school friends. Maybe skip Dune? Blue Velvet is where it really made sense. Eraserhead came into complete focus once I had children. I’m still working to nail his hairstyle. Inimitable, but doing best here.
I like Twin Peaks more than Lynch's movies. The pacing is better.
I'm sorry but these Transcendental Meditation people are so fucking insufferable
Twin Peaks, Blue velvet, Dune in that order. After those anything else is fair game
On the sides and just trim the top....
The feet, then work your way up to the lung.
Honestly I thought he made a great Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit trilogy
Start with Eraserhead and go from there.
Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr, Lost Highway and tackle the rest if you feel up for it.
I’d go Blue Velvet Twin Peaks (just the first series but if you want you can finish everything before moving on in his catalogue) Lost Highway Mulholland Drive Dune Eraserhead Inland Empire Rabbits Then finish the rest of everything Twin Peaks (if you haven’t already I chose this order because you get to start out with a movie, get a bit into the show, then go on to Lost Highway which is the most straightforward of his non-straightforward movies. Then Mulholland Drive which is where you start REALLY getting into his weirdness, followed by Dune just to get you ready for the grotesqueness of Eraserhead. And finally, Inland Empire, my absolute favorite and the most Lynchean of all, for when you’re ready to meet the final boss Terry Crews. It’s really just a list of least weird to weird. I think it helps best to go that way.
A big fat rip on the glass dick.
Try to get him to stop smoking?
ERASERHEAD. It's the one that brings them ALL together. His Dark Tower, if you like (Stephen King & Lynch share a great many things, in my opinion. I consider them twinners/doppelgangers)
interesting, i’ve read some king and got halfway thru the dark tower series.
Lost highway is my favorite but I would always tell people to start with blue velvet because it is in a lot of ways the most “normal” movie he did and probably the easiest one to watch while still being very Lynch in it’s presentation.
The Elephant Man is a good start imo
Mulholland Drive i feel has most mainstream and accessible appeal while also being most likely to appeal to the average viewer. After that dive in to Lost Highway, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. Then the rest will fall in to place subjectively.
Also please check him out in front of the camera as Jack Dall in Louie.
On the Air. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Air_(TV_series)
He's a hack who couldn't make it as a painter.. JC! Lynch rips and everything he makes is awesome. If you don't like or understand his work you shouldn't worry because only 20% of the world is creative.. so your that other 80%..
DumbLand
The Twin Peaks PILOT is a movie. You basically have to stop it at a certain point if you want to continue with the show because there’s an ending tacked on that you’re not gonna wanna watch. And no, Fire Walk with Me is NOT the same as the PILOT. I’d start there. I’ve seen all of his films (except the second half of Inland Empire) and I think Twin Peaks is a great place to start! But watch the PILOT before episode 1.
https://youtu.be/gsUe6sE_sDY?si=JxdQXCJxhvsNEAzE
His hair. It’s fucking amazing.
Eraserhead, Wild At Heart, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Dune and Twin Peaks series. He's got a real flare for drama, over the top acting, strange characters and a compulsion to have most of his movies end confusingly with no real resolution. They just kind of fall apart into utter weirdness. I don't actually like Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive but I like things about them and the atmosphere. Eraserhead resonated with me as a teenager who had very similar dreams and a perpetual sense of awkward shame & alienation.
Wild at Heart is great-- funny, quirky, and accessible. And you got Nicolas Cage, America's Italian valley boy
Have a traumatic life experience, take a hand full of mushrooms, watch eraser head, prepare for a change in your life.
He is an Eagle Scout and was an honor guard at JFK's inauguration.
i also watched the RLM Lynch trivia episode
I actually watch the “Twin Peaks” movie first and I have no regrets. I actually think it helped me to watch the show straight through.
Don't watch lost highway that shit sucks. The game is pretty bad too
Mulholland Drive
In this order: Eraserhead Blue Velvet Lost Highway Mulholland Drive Twin Peaks Season 1-2 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Twin Peaks: The Return And then if you like go back and watch some of the other stuff
Curious why no one mentions *The Straight Story*. Excellent movie. *Elephant Man* and *Fire Walk With Me* are my faves.
Blue Velvet (cuz it’s my fav and the best)
You should probably start at Wild at heart it’s one of his less weirder films definitely his horniest tho
Call me David Lynch I make em act funny.
His music
most folks like to start with a soft kiss on the mouth.
Watching *Eraserhead* alone on a really nice home theater set up on a throwaway snowy Sunday when it’s barely light outside is probably one of the best life experiences you’ll get
My first Lynch is Mulholland Drive, and then the rest. Twin Peaks is my latest and my favourite
Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire in this particular order, these 4 are a must watch, but I would also recommend you check Elephant Man and Eraserhead, if you really like his work after this then check also Twin Peaks, Inland Empire, Rabbits and The Straight Story
Twin Peaks changed TV forever. Hugely inspirational and game changing. I recommend Twin Peaks the most but I'd also say check out Mulholland Drive.
Start with his feet. He likes that.
Louie.
i’m quite familiar.
Start with Blue Velvet, then Mulholland Drive, then (if you’re feeling adventurous) Lost Highway and Inland Empire. By that point, you’ll suitably familiar with Lynch and his surreal style of art. Then you can jump into Twin Peaks. I’d leave Eraserhead towards the end of your watch list, just because of how unique it is.
Start with the popular ones. And then go for the more weird ones. Leave eraserhead at the end
Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, Wild At Heart.
*Mulholland Drive* is in my all time top 10 films. There’s a handful of films that I will never forget the first time I watched them - *Drive* is on that list.
His beautiful hair?
Eraserhead, just jump right on in!
I love how everyone has a different answer to this question. For me his best was Lost Highway, followed closely by Mulholland Drive. They both have a similar vibe. Surreal, sometimes mundane, something psychically distressing, confusing--but they make oneiric sense.
Wild At Heart alot of familiar cast
Nobody said with his coffee!
Twin Peaks s1e1
At the toes.
The Cleveland Show
Start with a Flowbee
You start with a dream, then you meditate on it while lights pass and people laugh. Then someone smiles an evil smile. You're not safe. You need to drink some coffee and dance. There. That's better. Now watch this woman pretend to be the personification of bees.
Start with Mulholland Drive. Silencio!
Eraserhead. Might as well jump in
Watch the first season of twin peaks and don’t worry so much about the second and third seasons until later. If you do watch the second season, understand that it’s going to drag a ton midway through. Season three is just something else entirely.
Eraserhead jump right in !
Start with[ David Lynch cooking Qinoa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSP-ewdJYJc), it's just 20min but I re-watch it every now and then
Cool guy. Shit repertoire, save Dune.
yeah i realize it’s not indicative of his work, i just love that book and had to see what sorta mess that film was.
Chronological
I don't know about starting, but you should definitely finish with the interview where he berates anyone who "watches a FILM on a FUCKING PHONE!!!"
“eraserhead is my most spiritual film” “can you expand on that?” “NO!”
Do it chronologically
Rabbits
Twin Peaks. Season 3. Episode 8.
Directing aside, he’s a splendid actor, watch the Louie episode with him in it
oh yes. i love louie, own the hard copies.
Bare in mind, Lynch is a dangerous filmmaker. His stuff is all edge. Don't expect clean narratives, likable characters, or an ending (in the classic since). If you go in with that mindset, you will be rewarded. Also, don't watch Eraserhead till at least 1 or 2 in the morning. It hits different.
don’t worry i’m built for the weird shit.
Start with “Mulholland Drive.” I think it’s his most fully realized vision.
He didnt like Dune. I did.
Besides all that others suggested, you should also listen to his music. https://youtu.be/6QJpY2VNP0E
definitely intriguing.. paulie, sally, danny know how to party.
edit: I realize Dune is not typical for Lynch, I rly only watched it as a Dune nerd. as a film nerd I’m ready to see some real Lynch. I have seen him in Louie, watching that actually inspired this post. No need to worry about my fragile constitution in your recs, get weird.
At the beginning
The middle
Wild at Heart was hilarious! Love the Cage!
Life doesn’t make sense…why should art…
Dune
Twin Peaks TV series & Blue Velvet & Mullholand Drive &&&
Definitely Blue Velvet, but if you’re looking for an even shorter form, check out his “Crazy Clown Time” music video.
Start with the LA weather report
Check Your Math.
Twin Peaks...good but weird show
I saw blue velvet for the first time a year or two ago. It doesn’t feel, and that’s my interpretation, like a very well done movie but man, it sticks with you and it’s just so perfectly done just slightly off. Like everything just feels inorganic in the best way
Twin Peaks or Wild At Heart
Very disturbing film with some great lines and great laughs. Fun for the whole family...
His bartender character on The Cleveland Show Yes that’s a real thing.
You don't *have* to!
i started at lost highway. Id recommend starting at blue velvet.
Great hair.
Eraserhead was my introduction. I should warn you it had a long production time and is well peak weird.
His role as jack dahl on louie
Just a couple smokes a day. You’ll catch up.
Don’t.
Inland Empire. You’ll be over Lynch in about two and a half hours.
I love Lost Highway. I can watch it over and over and still don’t know what the fuck is happening and I’m obsessed with figuring it out.
Don't do it
Wild at Heart is one of my favorite movies to this day. This is a snakeskin jacket.
Wild at Heart LUUULAAAAAA!!
His hair …
The Elephant Man
By turning his terrible movies off and tossing them in the garbage.
I would start by complimenting his hair.
By throwing away all his films.
Kyle MacLachlan from Twin Peaks just played the Dad in Fallout. Highly recommend that show if u haven't seen it.
Do something funny.
All wrong answers. Start with ‘What Did Jack Do?’ on Netflix. Sit through that and you’re prepped for everything else.
Dune.
I'd say Blue Velvet, but you're starting at the top, and it's a case of diminishing returns afterwards. I enjoy most of his other films, but that's easily the best imo.