"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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Lost Highway quotes

  • Fred Madison: Dick Laurent is dead...

  • Fred Madison: Where's Alice?

    Mystery Man: Alice who? Her name is Renee. If she's told you her name is Alice, she's lying.

    [filled with rage]

    Mystery Man: [shouts] And your name? What the fuck is your name?