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There is a gaping hole in the world of creativity. I am devastated

It's great you will be going through the entire twin peaks body of work. I went through these during covid lockdowns. Season 2, hits snoozefest mode when Lynch leaves around episode 19, after the grand reveal, and then it turns into soap opera mode, untill he and Mark Frost come back to top form from episode 27, with David directing the final episode 30. I loved the event series (3rd season), and found it very dark and funny. You are in for a treat. The film, fire walk with me, is excellent, however i found the missing pieces just a bunch of delated scenes, which is what they are, they are interesting but give too much information, i think lynch cut them because he felt less is more, so for me they aren't essential viewing.

RIP David Lynch. You delivered a beautiful tribute here Mr Reel 👏

Thank you for making this video. My first experience of Lynch was Twin Peaks when it first aired in the early 90’s. I was very young but used to watch it with my father. Lynch has had an incredible influence on my life. A few months ago, I completed a Transcendental Meditation course in Stratford Upon Avon and it is doing wonders for my mental health. I still think that Mulholland Drive is the greatest movie of the 21st century but when Twin Peaks The Return hit the screens, I felt it was like watching 18 of the greatest Lynch movies. I naively thought that he might still be making films for the next few years albeit remotely. I imagine that the LA fires severely aggravated his emphysema. Anyway, RIP David Lynch, you beautiful soul!

Great director and artist. Made some the best of American films post Welles and Hitchcock period, introduced me to some great film concepts, actors and music too. He had a great sense of good sound, music artists such as the wonderful Angelo Badalmenti.

The Straight Story and Elephant Man show his great humanity. Eraserhead and The Elephant Man meant a lot to me when I saw them in the early 80's. You'll never see another movie like Eraserhead again. Ever.

One of the giants of cinema. Respected by filmmakers of all stripes, narrative film, experimental film, surreal film, series television, you name it. He was admired by all. One of the giants of cinema. I never would have imagined that Mel Brooks, who gave him his first break in mainstream Hollywood, would have outlived him. 78 is not that old. RIP

As odd as it may sound, Eraserhead has been more or less a comfort film for me when I'm feeling down and depressed. So sad to hear that we've lost such a talented and unique man and filmmaker, R.I.P

R.I.P. David Lynch.

Rumble in the Bronx should be on here

Sight and Sound Magazine's "top 100 greatest films" decennial critics' poll shares many of the same problems with attempting to list "1001 must-see" movies. For example, there are 25 new entries in the 2022 edition. Consequently, 25 previously "greatest" films are now by definition "less great" than the new entries. Okay. So what is an example of a film that was ejected from the top 100? "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962). And what is one example of a film that replaced it in the top 100? "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (2019). As much as I admire and recognize the importance of "Portrait," by no measure is it a greater film than "Lawrence," or even equal to. Granted, that will always be a subjective opinion, but I believe it represents the consensus of most cinephiles.

You've reminded me to watch more Tsai Ming-liang films 😄 and also how fantastically great and important Mulholland Drive is. 👍

Thank you my friend.

Great post, dude! Bring back Halliwells, that was the one I rated most😋.

Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide is a personal favourite that a friend put me onto. 2000+ films and it came out in 1989. The only issue is there is a lot of lost or hard to get media in it but it is without a doubt a treasure trove of foreign cinema!

I think in terms of information etc, Wikipedia is filing in the void.

I think a reason is casual film fans aren't interesting in going out of their way to seek film. They're perfectly content watching whatever is marketed to them and is in the realm of popular culture. It is only cinephiles like us nowadays that seek out older films. I myself do this either by friends recommendations, IMDB and wading through Wikipedia pages of director's and actors filmography.

David Thomson prefers to be called a "film historian" versus a "film critic." I know this because I attended a screening of "Vertigo" that he hosted and he discussed his background.

Pre-internet, I relied a great deal on authoritative, print-media critics' film guides. The critics often had demonstrable credentials or expertise relevant to the profession, and appeared to have a working knowledge of the history of film. Whereas with the current "democratization" of "movie reviewers," there's a definite bias in favor of movies produced at the earliest post Hays Code (in the States), if not much sooner. In general, their knowledge of the Golden Age of Cinema through the '60s, let alone the B&Ws and/or silents, is virtually nil. I don't know, quite frankly, if the current era in which literally anyone can self-identify as a "film critic" is in any way superior to the more exclusive, albeit elitist, model that used to be the norm.

I had a few (Leonard Maltin, mainly; still have Ebert's "Book of Film" - not really the same thing). People want to trust their own instincts and have settled for what they can find online. And I'm glad you're covering this!

The film guides me and my friends had were Time Out, Variety, Halliwell’s and even Barry Norman had one. Halliwell’s was by far the most overrated as it featured every film ever made but perhaps only a superficial paragraph covering each one, and he never liked anything. The one I’m (slowly) getting through at the moment is 1001 FYMSBYD. I like the format, listing films chronologically with some great photos. I also noticed that film guides were gradually disappearing when I went to get an updated version. Clearly, the market is gone or they would still be churning them out. Maybe TH-cam video essays or internet articles have negated the need for them.

I remember my school library had some of the Virgin Film Guides for specific genres (the ones they had IIRC were horror, animation James Bond and comic book movies). I used to read them a lot and what I enjoyed about them was that, as well as plot synopsis and reviews, they'd have behind the scenes information as well. The comic book movies one talked about films based on comic in general not just specifically superhero films, so it included stuff like Ghost World or Road to Predition as well. The downside was that they would go over the entire plot of the film including the ending.

Great topic to cover. Thank you.

Lynch for me is the Elephant man that's a special film to me watching it like you with your picks at a young age , not from total film though 😅 , yesss once upon a time in the west is a fantastic film one if my favourite westerns 👍🏻

I used to sometimes pick up a copy of Total Film back in the day. Along with Empire magazine.

Haven't seen any of these 😅

Great personal vid 👍. I grew up pre-internet, so film magazines were so valuable.

Great haul!!

You know Criterions go on sale muliple times a year right?

great vide great haul!

Tarantino loves blow out

I understand that Nancy Allen was married to de Palma at one point.

Brian de Palma's Blowout is fantastic love dressed to kill carrie scarface untouchables etc 👌🏻 have a great 2025 🎉

Nice haul. Happy New Year my friend. Hope 2025 is a movie-packed year for you. 🎥 🍿 🥤

Happy New Year. Do what makes you happy.

Consistency is definitely key, I started my channel back in 2015, but I wasn't consistent with the type of videos, or frequencies of videos. Then 2 years ago things happened in my personal life that shook things up quite a bit. I started to reflect and look at things differently, and as a result of this moment in my life, I decided to invest more time in doing the things that i actually love in life... one of those being movies/filmmaking. TH-cam has always been that conduit for me, to express this passion and I love doing it. I did notice those changes did help the channel grow, but like you, its more about just sharing this passion of film with like-minded people. I discovered your channel via the streaming video which I really enjoyed and was able to relate to what you were discussing. I look forward to your future videos going into 2025. Happy New Year man.

Any plans to do any live streams or movie commentaries/watch-alongs?

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Glad you got your health problems sorted. I’ve spent the past year going through the films in 1001 Films You Must See Before You Die. Would love to hear your thoughts on that book. All the best for 2025!

Happy new year sir! 🎉

There's not enough new year films. Or perhaps I simply haven't come across any.

Thank you.

Happy New Year my friend.

damn... have my first ever Total Film from October 1999 - Issue 33 and read them until issue 86 and just this september went to Scotland and was surprised to see Total Film Magazine at the airport and bought the issue 355... and now I am sad that it really did end here.

I have every edition... BAR the very 1st one - stupidly didn't grab it in time here in Australia. I was SO SADDEN to get the news of its ending a few months ago. It's been well over 24yrs of reading these mags on a daily basis. Going to miss the films that they have mentioned and allowed my knowledge to grow over that time

I had that one with Ransom on the front. Yeah Total Film was decent

Really sorry to hear this. Back in 2022 they gave my book (100 Bible Films) a 4 star review and it was such a happy moment. Such shame for all their staff.

I had to watch Jean Luc Godard's "Weekend" for a film studies A-level in the 90's.....the most pretentious nonsense I've ever had to sit through...ever. God knows what you get out of it. All the comedies you mentioned are worth watching ..except The Hangover....pants.

Pineapple on pizza 🍕 needs debating more than if die hard is a Christmas movie or not 😮😅

Merry Christmas. Batman returns. George C Scott Christmas Carol and home alone for me.