Snobbin: Beautiful Trash in the Pop Culture Gutter

15. Wild At Heart (1990)  It's definitely not my favorite David Lynch film, but Wild at Heart has grown on me. Although the film includes a fairly straightforward plot because Lynch is adapting Barry Gifford's novel, the casting and over-the-top performances add those Lynchian elements that keep the viewer guessing. His addition of  audacious characters like Mr. Reindeer (W. Morgan Sheppard) and focus on the darker aspects of  popular culture as exemplified by Elvis and Marilyn Monroe fixations filtered through a near Joe Coleman level of morbidity make this a unique study on American obsession. However, the film still finds space to be funny, particularly in how Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage portray those obsessions. Think Lynch with a side of John Waters, a dash of the Coens, and a dessert that recalls the fantastical elements of  The Wizard of Oz (1939) updated for the consumer-obsessed 1990s.  14. Winter Kills ( 1979) I weighed including The Parallax View ...

A journey through the history of film, narrative, and genre through connections between Lynch's filmography and Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz (1939) . Sometimes academic and historical (Amy Nicholson, Karyn Kusama, and many of the six chapters) and other times humorous and self-referential (John Waters), the documentary has something for film fans, Lynch obsessives, and everyone in between.

Little Odessa (1995), James Gray, Fine Line Canadian Bacon ( 1995), Michael Moore, MGM The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995), Philip Ridley, Seville The Whole Wide World (1 996), Dan Ireland, Sony Pictures Releasing Doctor Chance (1997), F.J. Ossang, Canal Buffalo '66 (1998), Vincent Gallo, Lions Gate The Limey (1999), Steven Soderbergh, Artisan Cecil B. Demented (2000), John Waters, Artisan Blow ( 2001), Ted Demme, New Line Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Uncut-The Original Uncut Version (2002), Curt Geda, Warner Home Video Faraway Roots (2002), Pierre Yves-Vandeweerd, Funny Ha Ha ( 2002), Andrew Bujalski, Fox Lorber Mystic River (2003), Clint Eastwood, Village Roadshow Layer Cake (2004), Matthew Vaughan, Marv Films Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog, Lions Gate Old Joy (2006), Kelly Reichardt, Washington Square The Wizard of Gore ( 2007), Jeremy Kasten, Sick-O-Scope ...

The Arena (1974), Steve Carver, New World Pictures Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ( 1974), Michael Cimino, The Malpaso Company Dolemite (1 975), D'Urville Martin, Dimension All the President's Men (1976), Alan J. Pakula, Warner Bros. Murder By Death ( 1976 ), Robert Moore, Rastar The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), John Landis, KFM The Big Sleep (1978), Michael Winner, ITC Entertainment Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Hayao Miyazaki, Tokyo Movie Shinsha Raging Bull (1980), Martin Scorsese, United Artists My Bloody Valentine ( 1981) , George Mihalka, Paramount The New York Ripper (1982), Lucio Fulci, Fulvia Film The Scorpion with Two Tails (1982), Sergio Martino, Medusa Smithereens (1982), Susan Seidelman, New Line Cinema Last Night at the Alamo (1983), Eagle Pennell, Cinecom Sudden Impact (1983), Clint Eastwood, Warner Bros. In Heaven There is No Beer? ( 1...