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I adjusted my opinion on Lynch as a whole after watching Twin Peaks. That series has just enough normalcy and just enough weirdness to provide something for everyone. After that, I have liked or loved every Lynch film/project I’ve seen.
Exactly how I felt
Yea it's almost like twin peaks is a David Lynch initiation, especially season 3. If you can handle that, you can handle any Lynch film (although inland empire is kinda like the final boss of his filmography)
@@isaiahromero9861 ...season 3? I've only seen the 2 seasons of the original, and have been trying to talk myself into watching the stuff that came later. is season 3 The Return, FWWM, or something different?
@@Rowdimouse oh I just call the return season 3 sometimes, I know it's confusing lol. Definitely watch it if you're a Lynch fan though, it's very polarizing due to how much different and more surreal it is but it's peak lynch
@@isaiahromero9861 I plan on watching the movie tonight, but I'll definitely check the return out as well!
Finally some true appreciation for Fire Walk With Me. Obviously Lynch fans these days can agree that it's not nearly as bad as critics originally thought it was when it came out but having it THIS high up is just refreshing to see. I can't agree more that it's probably the single darkest and most disturbing film to ever be made
After watching season 1 and 2 I thought I had seen darkness but that wasn't true. The episodes make you fear the darkness and the film just shows you the darkness in its entirety.
In my opinion the series was more effective but the film has a weird pull that sucks you in. I've never really been able to say what I think about the film. I just can't say if it is good or bad. It's confusing.
Fire Walk with Me is his best work imo.
Darkest most disturbing film? I'd give that nod to either Klimov's Come and See or Pasolini's Salo
Some of the most critically acclaimed films are absolute garbage. I learned early on not to trust critics at all and go by whether you like the director's work or not.
@E.V. Hodge Lmao what are you talking about. Fire Walk with Me has always been my #1 favourite Lynch feature and my second favourite film of all time, I just appreciate the fact that Karsten enjoys it a lot as well, it isn't exactly critically praised
For the longest time, David Lynch was such an enigma to me that it was intimidating. Weirdly enough, the thing that got me into his films was actually his daily weather reports because I finally got a sense of who he really is and his sense of humor. He’s hilarious, and the humor present in all of his films is what finally clicked for me and now makes his films such a joy to watch.
That's awesome. The first David Lynch movie I ever saw is also my favorite movie of all time, Mulholland Dr.
Check out the documentaries“Lynch (One)” and “The Art Life”.
🤺☦🇷🇺No🤦♂️😅Your Lynch is a f**** clueless pretentious clown, and anyone with eyes and a lil brain in his head can figure that out - he just throws "art" garbage at you and you only pretend it means something to you to think of yourself as smart art people wtf His so called mysteries add up to nothing, his characters are just dumb and uninteresting or fun to watch, and his films are just used up old surrealist garbage no one cares about, ok? His films are nothing like dreams - dreams look and feel to us as 100% real when we dream - his films don't!)) You wanna watch real engaging mystery dreams? Watch the golden ageof cinema that peaked in the 30s and ended with film noir, because Lynch's and others films are just a cheap boring pretentious imitations of it
Ah, David Lynch, the only director whose every movie is my favorite
I wouldn’t be surprised, or bothered by, someone picking literally any work in his filmography as their favorite. Probably the only director I feel that way about.
What about dune
I feel the same
@@yobig4541 you gotta appreciate its wackiness
@@adrianidrovo5593 yeah I love the movie even with its faults particularly the 3 hour cut
The ad break after he showed the “what did jack do” poster was very clever and got me good
hhahahah me too, i really was thinking ‘’mmm alright, what is he gonna say tho???’ hahahahah
This might cure my Cannes-related depression. Still excited for new Miller and Cronenberg though!
Can't express how psyched I am to see the new Cronenberg film!
I like films as much as the next guy, but is this satire?
You guys are making me want to go on /tv/
I get paid to smoke weed & get high on my TH-cam channel 😨
I’d been searching for “Karsten David Lynch ranked” for a few days cause I was obsessed with a Lynch binge session and oh boy did this drop at the right time
The coen brother movies ranked would be sick
Yes!!
PLEASE!
Yessir
my favorite coen brothers movie is fargo
Yes that’s what I’ve been saying!
You should rank Andrei Tarkovsky and Akira Kurosawa.
Need to binge
Kurosawa would take fucking forever but Tarkovsky definitely seems doable
Francis Ford Coppola
kurosawa made like 40 films, it would take at least an hour to go through all of them
Zulawski*
INLAND EMPIRE is by far my favorite David Lynch movie (and my favorite movie of all time).
A unique, hypnotic, fascinating, mystical, transcendent and sacred experience.
I'm so glad to live in a Universe where this film exists...
@Matejko108 Then you should check out "The Hourglass Sanatorium". That movie should cheer you up.
can you explain why? I'm a Lynch fan but found it painfully cheap and clusmily executed, not just cinematography but really in all aspects. Shining some lights around for 'weird effects' in the same year things like the prestige and pan's labyrinth came out? Interested to hear what you think though
wow did not expect eraserhead to be this low, I remember grasping some of it on first watch and thinking it was possibly about our place in the world, how we deal with the things we feel don't make sense about the relationship between we as individuals, society's norms and where a transcendent being would take place in the midst of it all. Later finding out Lynch calls it his most spiritual film made sense to me
Right? I still think it's lynch's most essential work, its just so seamlessly perfect in it's themes, imagery, music, and atmosphere, I really don't think anything Lynch has ever done is as focused as eraserhead. Even though my personal favorites are Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks: The Return, both of those have a lot of obvious flaws, but they're redeemed by the highpoints, but I really can't say the same about eraserhead, it's just a masterpiece from beginning to end
The ending scene of Mulholland Drive is my favorite thing ever; the realization of the unattainability of our deepest desires. I find the refuge of our fantasies/dreams to be a celebration when having to face such realities. Silencio..
Mulholland Drive is devastating. Hollywood chews people up and spits them out.
Wow ❤️
"Oh, and Diane, I gotta find out what kind of trees these are. They're reeeeeaaaaly something." I simply could not stop watching Twin Peaks after that introduction. Simply beautiful.
David lynch honors an idea unlike any other filmmaker I know. Lynch had a similar impact on the way I experience movies. His filmography taught me that trying to solve the puzzle defeats the point. Art comes from, and is experienced as, a feeling.
Who else has been obsessively waiting for this since he posted it on his story
as a teen who is really into film but has been struggling to stay motivated during my break, your videos have been helping me a lot, they're all so snappy and digestible that i've been comsuming film more frequently because your reviews and ideas make me excited about them and bring back the motivation (watched greener grass today), keep up the good work man, i'm always looking forward to your uploads
mulholland drive really feels like the closest depiction of what dreaming actually feels like i've ever seen on film
This. Idk how the fuck he does it but that movie IS a dream.
So glad this finally got a video, couldn’t have given a better description for Mulholland Drive myself
so happy you made this!! Reminded me of the time i had to go to my local library to rent Fire Walk With Me and they had to request it from the bigger library. Well worth it.
To me Twin Peaks is by far the most beautiful work he ever did. But that's just me. It's all about mood to me. It is so immersive, and cozy, beautiful, yet horrifying. The female characters are harrowingly shockingly beautiful.
I'm far from a movie connoisseur although I've seen quite a few in my 53 years. I finally got a chance to watch Mulholland drive a few months ago.... And then had to go read online about what the hell just happened! Lol. Then I re-watched it with a new perspective. I enjoyed it even more. And because my feelers were heightened, I not only 'got' the storyline (if that's possible in his films?) - but I came to appreciate how absolutely beautifully shot all of it is. It's just so incredibly crafted as to be beyond description . I literally don't think the quality and care of the way it all unfolds will ever be matched. And every single character from the cowboy to the mafia to the monster was so flawlessly casted and created.... I have to watch it a third time to catch what I missed, which I'm sure will be a lot. I don't know what awards or recognition this film received when it came out, but it's definitely made an impression on me. And although I've only seen about a third of his movies, I would definitely put this one at the top of the list. Does anybody know if he's actually retired? - because I can't wait if he has something in the works.
The fantastic thing about Lynch is that the films are often so bizarre but so well put together that you can have two people with polar opposite rankings, and still understand each of them. Here's mine! (also yet to see Inland Empire)
11. Lost Highway
10. Dune
9. Wild at Heart
8. Eraserhead
7. The Straight Story
6. Blue Velvet
5. The Elephant Man
4. Mulholland Drive
3. Twin Peaks
2. The Return
1. Fire Walk With Me
Great ranking. Thanks for sharing. Still feel Dune needs more love. It seems I'm an army of one on that topic. Ha.
Why such a low ranking for Lost Highway?
Lost Highway at last place over Dune?? smoking dick
I wish we'd actually gotten David Lynch directing Return Of The Jedi, that would've been cool
Sadly the man himself was the biggest opposer to the idea.
lychian ewok nightmare drama
@@Quirderph Lynch is too ''private'' in his artistic vision to be working with such a public franchise like Star Wars. Like with Dune, he likely would've been clashing with a lot of studio types.
Look it up... someone made a trailer of what that would be like. It's awesome.
Well, did you like Dune? I myself liked it, but most people considered it unwatchable. Twin Peaks is probably about the most mainstream thing Lynch could manage with success. Most of Lynch's stuff couldn't possibly resonate with audiences who gravitate towards pop fluff.
I really think you got a solid list. I didn't watched even half of Lynch's work, but i'm really excited to do so. Congratulations for your work.
1. Mulholland Drive
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
3. Eraserhead
4. Blue Velvet
5. The Straight Story
6. The Elephant Man
7. Inland Empire
8. Wild at Heart
9. Lost Highway
10. Dune
Twin Peaks (The Original Series & The Return) are really in their own league.
I'm glad you liked The Straight Story. I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago and I was blown away. It's perfect. I was in tears at several points. The score is incredible too. It's way underrated.
I’m just rewatching this video after having watched my first Lynch film Blue Velvet and the speech i guess you could call it you did at the end about how you never need to understand a Lynch film or films in general to like it. If you like it just based off the feel that is true art. That was exactly how I felt after finishing Blue Velvet (yes i know it’s one of his most straightforward and the easiest to understand but I think I’m just dumb). I didn’t really understand the movie all that welk but yet I couldn’t help but have this strong gut feeling that what i watched was amazing, beautiful, horrifying, and funny all at the same time. Lynch is an absolute master of his craft and I’m so excited to indulge in more of his filmography. Fantastic video Karsten keep up the great work!
So well put 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Great list... Mulholland Drive is my al time fav movie.. Still rewatching it and still notice new things... Such a artsy Movie and a great voyage to be taken on...
Twin Peaks, season 3 (The Return), Episode 8. If you know, you know. The most powerful hour of moving picture I've ever experienced. The emotion he'd been trying to convey through TP all those years ago finally comes out in a cohesive stream of pure consciousness.
I love almost everything he made, Twin Peaks the return might be my favorite, but here is my movie only ranking:
1. Mulholland Drive
2. Lost Highway
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
4. Eraserhead
5. The Elephant Man
6. The Straight Story
7. Blue Velvet
8. Inland Empire
9. Wild at Heart
10. Dune
1- Mulholland Drive (10/10)
2- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (10/10)
3- Twin Peaks: The Return (10/10)
4- Eraserhead (10/10)
5- Blue Velvet (10/10)
6- Twin Peaks Season 1 and 2 (9/10)
7- The Elephant Man (9/10)
8- Lost Highway (9/10)
9- Inland Empire (9/10)
10- Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (8/10)
11- Wild at Heart (8/10
12- The Straight Story (8/10)
13- Dune (5/10)
My favorite will forever be eraserhead. That film changed the way I see movies. Imagery that’s forever seared into my brain!
My favorite is Lost Highway. I Think it’s the one David Lynch film that balanced realism and surrealism perfectly. I did find it easier to understand than Mulholland Drive and did watch the former before the latter as you talked about in the video
Mulholland Dr is mr favorite film of all time, such a masterpiece!
The Straight Story is one of maybe 3 films that have ever made me cry. Way underrated.
OH MY GOD!!
I haven't seen Eraserhead in 10 years, but realizing just now that the main character is Pete from Twin Peaks just endeared the movie to me on such a deep level.
That what did Jack do cut to ad was perfect I just want to make sure that’s known
I have been lookin forward to this video for a while! We have pretty similar rankings which makes me curious about what your thoughts on Inland Empire will be once you get around to it (the only Lynch film except Dune that didn't click with me at all and even made me fall asleep, something that never happens to me).
Here's mine:
1. Fire Walk With Me
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Straight Story
4. Wild at Heart
5. Blue Velvet
6. Lost Highway
7. Eraserhead
8. The Elephant Man
9. Inland Empire
10. Dune
(I didn't include the Twin Peaks pilot and The Return but they might just jump to the top if I did)
Yours is pretty similar to mine as well:
1. Twin Peaks (entire show, not just the pilot)
2. Fire Walk with Me
3. The Straight Story
4. The Return
5. Mulholland Drive
6. Blue Velvet
7. Lost Highway
8. Eraserhead
9. The Elephant Man
I'd like to see Wild at Heart and Inland Empire, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've heard a lot of different things about the latter, but one thing everyone agrees on is that it is extremely difficult to make sense of. It's apparently getting a restoration, so Criterion will probably release it sometime this year. I have absolutely no interest in seeing Dune because everyone says it's bad and you shouldn't watch it--even Lynch himself, who is still bitter about how he thinks his vision was taken from him. I also didn't even like the book.
Twin Peaks, when it was aired, originally, did change everything for me! The way I perceive art, movies... Of course, I’ve grasped ‘everything Lynch’, since early 90’s i was teleported into ‘Fire Walk with Me’, dreaming of getting same Harley RoadKing, that character James had:))
Later on, while studying filmmaking in London, my dissertation was on Lynch and audio narrative...
Inland Empire is fully available on TH-cam for free!
My personal list, counting TP as a whole, can't divide it.
10. Dune
9. Straight Story
8. Inland Empire
7. Elephant Man
6. Wild at Heart
5. Lost Highway
4. Blue Velvet
3. Eraserhead
2. TWIN PEAKS (S01, S02, S03 + FWWM)
1. Mulholland Drive
Your explanation of how good Mullholland Drive is exactly how I felt , just vibes and feelings !
Love every single piece of art he has ever released. I might be alone here, but I think Inland Empire is actually my favourite of his, so I do hope you get a chance to see it!
I would say everything you said you Mulholland Drive fits for inland empire too. That is one BEAST of a film
I’ve waited so long for this! Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for verbalizing my feelings about him. You were speaking my mind the last couple
minutes of this video!
Every Lynch work I've experienced has interested me. Film, music, television, art, writing, web, etc. There are elements in all of them I appreciate. Not all of them are good. They all haunt me.
Hot take? Hard disagree with Dune being at the bottom of the list. It's a good film and a lot of it, from select performances, the visuals, sound design, production, and music have stuck with me since first seeing it. I took a deep dive into the production's troubled history and returned to see the light of day. Still love it. This film is near the top of my "list of movies that others don't seem to get and I don't get it".
I'm surprised you didn't include additional information about his projects, such as your number one choice, Mulholland Drive, originally being produced as a television series and that the film we got was what he created from the fallout, which makes it all that much more interesting. Still, thanks for the list. I've never seen someone rank them the way you did. I agree that anyone interested in film should review Lynch's resume.
10: Dune
8: Fire Walk With Me (TIE)
8: Inland Empire (TIE)
7: Wild at Heart
6: Lost Highway
5: The Straight Story
4: Blue Velvet
3: The Elephant Man
2: Eraserhead
1: Mulholland Drive
Great ranking. Mulholland Drive & Fire Walk With Me are probably my top two. I wish you could have ranked Inland Empire.
Love seeing this much love for Fire Walk with Me and The Straight Story!
there was a fish in the percolator!
btw there is a 4h30min video on the meaning of Twin Peaks called ''Twin Peaks ACTUALLY EXPLAINED (No, Really)'' if you wanna know
My ranking of the Lynch man:
1 - Eraserhead
2 - Blue Velvet
3 - Mulholland Drive
4 - Fire Walk With Me
5 - The Elephant Man
6 - TP: The Return
7 - Inland Empire
8 - Wild at Heart
9 - Lost Highway
10 - Dune
(I still haven't seen The Straight Story, I will edit this list once I see it)
Also, I am not adding the original Twin Peaks TV show on the list because I just don't know where it would fit, so I'll say that it is amazing, and I would give it 5 stars if it wasn't for those episodes in season 2
youre totally right about mood changing entirely how my Lynch ranking goes, and they all are so affective to me for their own reasons I have a hard time seeing them as entirely separate films. Inland Empire has to be my favorite film of his if you dont count the twin peaks return. it combines every theme and detail from almost every other piece of work he's done and kind of maps them out in my mind, its the true thesis statement, one which combines FWWM and Mullhollund dr into something much more abstract but much more affective.
Lost Highway is Lynch's masterpiece imo. It also has the best soundtrack ever.
This is a straight up love letter to David and all I can say is yes yes yes yes. Can you please do a review of Inland Empire when you see it?
It's April 16, 2022, and if youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu can believe it, it's a Karsten Runquist upload once again!
My personal favorite film made by David Lynch is Mulholland Drive. It's a complete tragedy that explores the struggles of people working in a toxic movie working environment. It shares similarities with another film I love which is Perfect Blue. Not many people know or understand what it's like for an actor to be outside the screen. Mulholland Drive explores this wonderfully. I wholly consider it as one of the greatest films I have ever seen.
But, since we have talked about my favorite, here's my ranking for the rest:
(Keep in mind I haven't watched Blue Velvet or any other movie not present here)
#9. Dune
#8. Lost Highway
#7. Inland Empire
#6. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
#5. Wild at Heart
#4. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
#3. Eraserhead
#2. The Elephant Man
#1. Mulholland Drive
Me who’s never seen a David Lynch film but it’s a Karstable Runfist video: “hmmmm, interesting”
1. The Return
2. Mulholland Drive
3. FWWM
3.5. Twin peaks
4. Blue Velvet
5. Straight Story
6. Eraserhead
7. Inland Empire
8. Lost highway
9. Wild at heart
10. Elefant man
11. Dune
Straight Story is so underrated, im super glad you enjoyed it 👍, I wish more people would watch it, probably my 3rd or 4th favorite ngl
Eraserhead is my favorite to be honest. Somehow it really resonated with me and I felt that I understood it without being able to explain it. 😀
for me:
1. Twin Peaks (1,2,3, fwwm and missing pieces)
2. Inland Empire
3. Lost Highway
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Elephant Man
6. Eraserhead
7. Straight Story
8. Dune
9. Blue Velvet
10. Wild at Heart
Imo:
1) Mulholland Drive
2) FWWM and The Return
3) All the other ones in any order
It's criminal how low you ranked Eraserhead. Sure, it might not be my favourite film of his but it's definitely his best film for how atmospheric it is and how well it replicates the feeling of a nightmare.
Top 5 favorite David lynch movies
5. Mulholland Drive
4. Eraserhead
3. Wild at heart
2. Elephant man
1. blue Velvet
Maybe it's just me but I felt like Lost Highway is one of the more comprehensible movies and I left that one the least confused. Granted I haven't watched all of Lynch's work but especially after Inland Empire I knew what was going on.
I think it’s a shame you didn’t include Inland Empire in this video, I’d have gladly waited another week for that, it’s just such a unique moment in his career which is so interesting to compare to the rest of his filmography
I agree. I paused the video when he mentioned that just to see if people in the comments were just as disappointed as I was. It feels very incomplete without Inland Empire.
I totally agree with you guys. So disappointing to see that particular movie has been left out.
Mulholland Drive: the first scene is a POV cam wondering on Naomi Whats bedroom then closing the pillow and defocus and fading out... Somebody is going to sleep... In the middle of the movie, right on the plot twist, the cowboy walks in the same bedroom and say: - Time to wake up.
Lost Highway: When Bill Pullman can't sleep in prison, he is taken to the doctor who make him swallow a pill, then he says: -Sleep now.
David Lynch is a brilliant avantgarde director. His films are like dirty candy it's something that not everyone will pick up and appreciate because it's meant for those lucky souls that will.
My favourite director, i love all his filmography
1. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. Eraserhead
4. Blue Velvet
5. Mulholland Drive
6. Twin Peaks (Original Series)
7. Inland Empire
8. Dune
9. Wild At Heart
10. Lost Highway
11. The Elephant Man
12. The Straight Story
With the exception of the last two and the number one, this list was super hard to rank (yes, I like Lynch's Dune more than most do). And including the two Twin Peaks series in there mixes everything up, cuz like, is it fair to say an 18 hour thing is better than a low budget 90 minute movie? Or a two season soap opera is better than a cheesy 80s sci fi blockbuster? I don't know! But I do know The Return completely changed my opinion on Twin Peaks as a whole and made me go rewatch every Lynch movie, so I certainly can't leave it out.
I would love to see a ranked list of Danny Boyle.
Not only making my favourite film (Trainspotting) but also one of my least favourites (yesterday).
I was just at the retrospective at the music box I’m so happy this video exists
Surprised to see The Elephant Man so low, one of my favourites
You should rank all the walter hill movies.(He directed movies like 48 hours and southern comfort)
good list
Spielberg Ranking? Cohen Bros. Ranking? Spike Lee Ranking? Hitchcock Ranking? More rankings!
My faves are also Mulholland Drive and Fire Walk With Me.
I would love to know your thoughts on Inland Empire! It’s not a film I rewatch like his others but have lately felt compelled to after watching Beau is Afraid last night. I feel like there are a lot of parallels between the two
Fun fact: supposedly Stanley Kubrick named Eraserhead as his favorite movie ever.
Normal conversations while recommending him to my friends:"You wouldn't get it. But, its cool as fuck."
You DEFINITELY have to check out Inland Empire, I think you'll really appreciate it, or not.
Man that was so funny putting what would jack do at #1 I really thought you were serious for a sec😂
Imagine ranking Eraserhead that low.
I can't.
The greatest thing David Lynch ever created was David Lynch. Even his morning weather reports are entertaining af. Gordon Cole for life!!!
Eraserhead is criminally low on this list - one of my all time favourite films.
Not bad with the rankings. Surprised that nobody talks more about The Straight Story. Definitely the most underappreciated Lynch film.
Odd choices, but can you do a George Miller, Hayao Miyazaki, Ridley Scott, Coen Brothers, and Alfonso Cuaron (skeptical about adding Harry Potter 3 to the list though....) rankings?
I love David Lynch, and I truly fear the day he will be gone
You can find Inland Empire online very easily.
Glad to see the love for FWWM. That movie made an indelible impression on me when I saw pieces of it when I was younger. Wasn’t until years later I finally watched it, and wasn’t blown away at first. But then later after seeing it a second time it finally clicked and I thought it may actually be one of the best movies I’ve seen. David Lynch films just hit different the second time. Mulholland Drive is his best, I agree.
Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive go together and are brilliant.. The Straight Story and The Elephant Man are outstanding.
Twin peaks was my first introduction to David lynch then I saw blue velvet and I agree on everything you said in this video thank you for praising this artist for being a very good director
Saw WAH in the theatre aswell... definitely a great setting for peoples reactions haha
fire walk with me is 100% my favorite Lynch film, and my favorite film of all time.
Inland empire has been on TH-cam for the longest time
100% agree with your assessment of Mulholland Drive
also, I did never finish Fire Walk With Me, it was just too much for me :D
1:23 torrent?
You should do a ranking of Nicholas Cage performances I feel like that'd be fun to watch
"The feeling of not knowing whysonething is wrong, but knowing it is wrong" That describes it perfectly!
4:57 Elephant Man may be the only Lynch film my mom ever watched!