It’s been almost a year to the day since the passing of the astonishing filmmaker David Lynch. Paying tribute to his incredibly impactful work, Cineworld is bringing back three of his titles to the big screen for our David Lynch Celebration, running from 20th until 27th January.
Here are four of the best scenes from David Lynch’s movies we’re looking forward to reliving on the big screen.
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Blue Velvet (1986) - 20th January
The opening credits montage
Talk about lulling your audience into a false sense of security. Blue Velvet left a lot of critics split at the time of its release due to its explicit content and gritty subject matter. But you wouldn’t believe it just from watching the opening sequence, with bold, primary colour images that emulate the American Dream.
Red roses stark against a white picket fence. A fireman waving from his fire engine, a well-behaved black and white dog sat at his heels, tongue lolling from the side of his mouth. A man happily watering his lawn, only for his hose to become blocked, a symbol of the impending stroke about to strike. American Dream? Oh, never mind then…
Jeffrey hides in Dorothy’s closest
The polar opposite to the opening montage, the scene in which Jeffrey must hide from Frank Booth as he forces himself upon Dorothy certainly sees the film take a dark turn. To be expected when you consider it is classified as a neo-noir mystery turned thriller. Still, it seems an alarming shift as the American Dream quite literally falls apart in front of us.
The way in which the scene is shot forces the audience into the role of voyeur, making what is an incredibly uncomfortable watch more so. It also introduces us to Frank Booth, a gangster who has cut off Dorothy’s husband’s ear and uses his capture as a bargaining chip to take what he wants from her.
Mulholland Drive (2001) - 23rd January
The Winkie’s diner scene
Simple yet effective, this scene is absolutely terrifying – and Mulholland Drive is not even a horror movie. Two men sit talking in a diner, and one goes into great, eerie detail about a recurring nightmare he’s been having. He describes a man behind the diner in question whose face is so horrifying it is difficult to describe.
All the while the man tells the story, the use of a floating camera creates a sense that someone is there hovering – perhaps the scary faced man in question – alongside a quiet hum that works to build an almost unbearable sense of dread.
An absolutely terrifying scene filmed in broad daylight? David Lynch, everybody.
Wild At Heart (1990) - 27th January
The conclusion with a rendition of “Love Me Tender”
David Lynch movies aren’t always incredibly tense and dark, sometimes he was known to wear his heart on his sleeve, and it’s not surprising in Wild At Heart, with a title that like, that it shows a little more of that romantic side. Not least at the end of the movie when Sailor (portrayed by Nicolas Cage) sees a vision of the Good Witch, who tells him to keep believing in love.
Sailor then proceeds to run through a traffic jam, climb onto the roof of a car, and sing “Love Me Tender” to Lula (Laura Dern). Don’t get us wrong, the film still has plenty of darker, more violent moments, but this is certainly one of the more happier endings seen in one of David Lynch’s movies.
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