David Lynch On Communicating With Film

David Lynch talks about how abstract thoughts and intuition can be communicated through filmmaking. (2001)

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[alonealotta]

everyone interpets things differently what has occurred in any situation may not be the same for you as it is for me, it' the old eye of the beholder....?

[Hwamil]

I've just seen mulholland dr. it was quite mesmerizing.

[equap]

i heared and used the words he uses but

what :-)

[kameramerah]

@kameramerah I take back what I have said. Lynch is flawless. Mistake was part of his plan too.

[kameramerah]

@Ladygagsalot Lynch himself admitted that he has lost hand in this one. But about the rest, he has been flawless, for sure.

[JesusCristo2002]

@generalcircle - I swear Lynch's hands possess a life of their own.

[generalcircle]

David Lynch: THE MASTER OF PLAYING WITH HIS HANDS

[NotDarkYet123]

Word.

[DevinKpapp]

"You probably know what you need to know already."

I just find it funny how simple and profound that statement is. The endless quoting on youtube gets really old for me, but I just couldn't resist with that.

[Flubly]

@CubishBalls Quantifying the breadth of misconceptions is difficult since raw data in the extra-mental world is not already put into categories for us. Putting things into boxes is a human process and it's impossible for it to be complete and consistent since perception, by definition, is interpretive and not direct knowledge. We can still communicate effectively, which says something for the efficiency of the process, but I think the epistemological doubt is still valid because it's not perfect

[alonealotta]

@CubishBalls true enough...but I don't know anyone who can exactly convey the sentiment behind any statement because words are tricky little things that mean different things to different people and they bring up feelings behind what is said that no one can anticipate...not the listener/watcher or the speaker/director/actor.

Just my opinion though.

[CubishBalls]

@alonealotta

Small deviation in terms of individual interpretation doesn't really matter if the conveyed message is constructed carefully enough to suppress the prospective misconceptions.