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kman82 | 1 year ago

Lynch is good. But comparing him to Kubrick is like chalk and cheese

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subsubzero|1 year ago

I like each in their own way, I may be more biased towards Kubrick as I consider the Shining one of my top 3 movies of all time. Lynch may be the ultimate auteur in making a certain type of movie or tv show that really no one else was making or thinking about(Blue Velvet, Mulholland dr. etc). Twin Peaks season 3 might be one of the best tv shows ever made(and also one of the weirdest) and its why I like David Lynch so much. Kubrick touched on that side a bit with 2001(my second favorite of his movies) but his style is much more traditional.

jjulius|1 year ago

... the point isn't to compare their films, it's to compare the experience of working for each of them.

Gunax|1 year ago

Yes. But how much of their results is due to their attitude, versus just a coincidence?

I like movies, but admittedly know nothing about making them.

Big budget movies require hundreds of people with their own opinions working together to work towards a single vision. I don't find it impossible that demanding, narcissistic, and disagreeable people may have an advantage in that regard.